Jane

I dream of Ethan.

I dream of our last night together, before he made me promise him anything – when we were just two people in love, sharing our passion in the most natural way. The vision is surreal and wonderful at once, and my hazy thoughts are reluctant to return to reality. I keep myself trapped in the dream, only for it to change, transforming into a nightmare where I’m all alone, and running towards a finish line I won’t ever reach.

No, I think, fighting the visions assailing my slumbering mind. Go back, don’t take Ethan from me now, I only just got him back.

I’m still tossing and turning, fighting the twists and turns of my mind, when a new sound reaches my ears.

Why hasn’ she woked up yets?” A little voice asks.

“l dunno, maybe she just really needs a nap.”

Another replies.

“But what if ‘Nita really hurted her?” The third voice is barely more than a whisper, and the next thing I know, l’m hurtling back into consciousness.

My pups! I surge up into a sitting position, scanning the room and immediately locking my attention on my babies. We’re in some sort of bedroom suite, the furnishings more opulent than anything I’ve ever seen outside of Ethan’s penthouse. But none of that matters.

My pups are here, all four of them.

Paisley, Parker, Ryder and Riley are all gathered around my prone form, looking down at me with love and worry. They’d snuggled close even as I dozed completely oblivious, and all of a sudden l’m reminded of those stories about pets staying alongside their owners even after they’ve died. The possibility that I might never have opened my eyes again, even as my babies gathered around me, sends me into a riot of tears.

“Oh my Goddess!”l exclaim, gathering their beloved little bodies to mine. “You’re here, you’re really here.” I’m sobbing now, and so are they, but none of us can stop. It doesn’t matter that I’m battered and bruised, that they’re filthy or even that l’m n*ked after shifting. All that matters is that my pups are finally back in my arms at long last. “Are you okay? l’m so sorry, I’ve missed you so much!”

They’re all talking at once, trying to fill me in on everything that’s happened, fighting for spots in my la*p and leaning their tearstained faces against my skin.”

then there was a boat and we’s were so

Ryder is m0aning.

tried to eats us!” Parker

almost drowneds but fluffy

Paisley contributes.

to go underground like

I croon, trying to soothe, rock, and k!ss them all at once. “l’m so sorry. It’s

and relief in all its different forms. “I’ll never leave you again”‘ I promise. “l’m so sorry

wanted to help.”

make you

my job, not yours. I’m supposed to care for you, you shouldn’t ever feel like it’s your responsibility to make me

happened?” Paisley

Where’s Daddy?”

whisper. “He’s probably planning a rescue for us right now.” I can’t get enough of their sweet faces. Have

fines, Mommy. Riley

l insist, clutching them tightly to my ch3st. “You four are the only things

me overload them with affection this way. Paisley and Ryder have always been my cuddle bugs, but Riley and Parker can usually only handle so much snuggle time before their energy overflows and they need to play. However

Anita went?”

offs here with you.” Riley

said something about

ask them anxiously, taking the opportunity to study them more

mud and dirt, and their clothes have seen better days, but Il can’t find any obvious signs of injury. I see only terrible neglect, and my heart cracks open in my ch3st. Should I be relieved they aren’t hurt, or gutted that they’ve

said we wouldn’ meet him till

you were going

understanding what

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