Before I settled back to sleep, I motioned for Maple to join me and Beetle. She was still a bit sniffly from her argument with Brandon. She came over quietly and curled up beside me. Both she and Beetle were using my leg as a pillow. After the two of them fell asleep, I looked up.
Delilah was smiling in my general direction from her corner. So was Sting.
"What?" I mouthed to them. When I remembered that Delilah couldn't see, I averted my gaze sheepishly. Sting seemed to smile a bit wider.
"Sleep," he mouthed back at me. I nodded and closed my eyes.
I fell asleep that night with a weight on my heart, a headache, and two small children sleeping beside me. The sweetness of the moment didn't last because soon I was being sucked into a nightmare.
Again.
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Alive Again: Awakening (Book 1)
ActionSavannah "Robyn" Shepherd sees the memories of a dead woman, Blair Cross. No big deal-- Until Blair's killer comes after her, a mutant combat squad adopts her, and she finds herself on a chaotic cross-country road trip to safety. If she can avoid ca...
