Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 322

He glanced at his watch; it was almost midnight. Amara was probably already asleep. Just as he was about to leave, a sudden noise from inside the room stopped Finnian in his tracks. It sounded like a scream. He turned back and

pushed the door open.

"Amara, what's wrong?"

As Finnian entered, he could see Amara lying on the bed in the dimly-lit room, thanks to the sliver of moonlight filtering through the curtains. Her eyes were tightly shut, her forehead drenched in cold sweat, and her hands were flailing in the air as she cried out, "Help me!"

Rushing to her side, Finnian lifted Amara into his arms and gently patted her back. "Amara, wake up."

It was that nightmare again.

In her dream, she was strolling through a garden, admiring the scenery. Suddenly, she lost her footing and fell into a pitch-black hole. The ground was all dirt, sticky under her palms. She was terrified and stood up, shouting for help. But above her, there was only a palm-sized patch of light, shrinking rapidly. Tears of fear streamed down her face as she jumped, desperately trying to reach the light.

trapped in the oppressive

brightly lit room. Despite the wetness, a fire erupted, its flames

battling the fire, a truck

hands flailing wildly, searching for something to grasp onto, something to

Someone called out

awake, her eyes wide open, staring at the dark ceiling, gasping for

awoke, she realized it had been another nightmare. Yet the vividness of it

"Mr. Everly, what are you

real events, and every time, Finnjan had been there to save her The moment she realized she was in his arms, she felt an overwhelming sense of security and instinctively

impropriety of her action,

said, "I heard you screaming just now. Le rushed into your room and saw you were having a nightmare. I came over to

head. "Why

woke her up; otherwise, who knows how many times that

settle back onto