Chapter 105 – Dream Shift
Ella
As I start to doze, I force my brain to think of nothing but Sinclair, willing myself to dream of him. I don’t let my mind focus on anything else or get distracted, I just keep telling myself to call Sinclair, to make him come to me.
Darkness closes in, and then I’m back on that bed in the forest. Yes! I think, this is where we were last time! It worked!
It takes a few minutes for Sinclair to appear, but I tell myself to just be patient. He wasn’t asleep yet in the real world. I have to wait for him to rest to see him this way.
I’m not sure how much time actually passes, but eventually he comes stalking through the trees. He’s in his wolf form this time, but he shifts when he reaches the bed, giving me a tender smile. “Hello trouble.”
“Hi.” I answer, feeling suddenly shy. “I wasn’t sure this would work.”
“You mean you meant to call me this time?” He inquires, arching a brow.
I nod, feeling a hot flush work up my cheeks. “I want to tell you something.”
“Okay.” Sinclair replies, coming to sit on the plush duvet, but not reaching for me the way he usually does. A moment of doubt plagues my heart, but I’m sure he’s just trying to use restraint.
I’m fidgeting, and staring at my hands in my lap, but I slowly work up the courage to speak. “I know I’ve been all over the place lately, and I wish I could tell you that it was all the pregnancy, or all the stress of our situation… but the truth is that it’s a lot more than that. Those things are making all this more difficult, but I would have been a mess anyway.”
from anyone but Cora. I was so starved for it, that I basically jumped at the first chance I had. I spent years just trying to get over my fear of men, and in hindsight, I’m not sure I ever really did. I think maybe I just got so desperate for some affection that I simply
me to believe that if I let myself be vulnerable with you – you would break me. It taught me to believe I wasn’t worth love, so anyone
in his eyes, and I know how hard he’s trying to let me simply speak my fill without interruption. “I’ve been a coward. I’ve been hiding behind the challenges facing us, using them
my life.” I take a deep breath as I continue, “So I thought that if
whisper, too
towards me. He catches my chin between his thumb and forefinger, pulling my gaze up to his. I sob when I see the expression on
without even touching me. “I love
had feelings, I wasn’t prepared for love. I certainly wasn’t prepared to hear that his wolf wanted me too. My stubborn mind is still amazed the man could be interested in me, let alone his inner
confirms firmly, “and if you don’t get over here and into my arms this instant, I’m going to let my
up at this thought. I remember all Sinclair’s warnings not to run from him at the Wild Hunt, and I remember how thrilling it had
onto the ground, but
can make them move, and I’m amazed at how much ground I begin to cover. The night wind whips through my hair as I dash through the trees, an ecstatic smile stretching across my features as my
I stop and
have I never run barefoot through the woods before? Why have I never bathed in the light of the moon? Every second I spend in this wonderful wilderness makes me feel as though I’ve been living
A starburst of white light consumes me, and for a moment I’m blinded by its brilliance. When my feet hit the ground again, there are four, and I seem much lower to the ground. I look down in shock, amazed to discover fur covered paws where my hands used to be. I glance behind me to discover
I’m a wolf.
aloud I’m sure I’d be overflowing with euphoric giggles. Instead I howl gleefully into the chill air, leaping over
that I almost forgot about Sinclair. I suppose my own howl tipped him off. It wasn’t meant
us. I think quickly. We have to
in my head is to get away. I have to make it as difficult for him as possible… for some reason.
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