River
Once again I was torn from my sleep by distressed sounds coming from the other bed. I called out to her, but Lenora didn’t respond to my voice. I didn’t even wait to debate with myself, I slipped out of the hospital bed and knelt on the mattress next to my mate. I couldn’t see her clearly in the dark with my dull human senses, but she kept making breathy sounds like she was trying to scream, and her head and arms thrashed around like she was fighting in her sleep.
Even when I nudged her shoulder, she didn’t wake up.
What was happening to my little mate in her sleep? What kind of nightmares was she having that took her so deep that I couldn’t wake her even when I tried?
Unlike last night when she was so easily soothed, tonight she wasn’t as responsive.
I considered my op
