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I SPRING AWAKE, a silent screa The dark silhouette of a , but my body was locked in place When I openedcame out

Luckily, so, I’ to getslithers down , one I don’t like, has a different kind of fear settling in my stomach I sit up to look around the dark room and see movement in the corner by the closed bedroom door A whithat I’er in my dream, therefore can scream, I open my mouth to do just that, when a voice stops me

“Jules,” he says softly “It’s just me”

It takes ainst the headboard

“You scared the crap out of me, Theo”

I pull in a relieved breath Then a new kind of fear tries to take over Blindly, I reach over and flip on the sht, and what it does provide gives Theo an o over my arms

“What are you doing in here?” I ask cautiously, and clutch the sheet and blanket closer to me

He coht, and I notice he only has on a pair of sweatpants, leaving his muscular body bare I lift my eyes back to his face and see his frown He appears worried

“You were crying in your sleep When I ca louder I closed the door so you didn’t wake Aria”

“Oh” I glance down atsilly for suspecting him

“Are you okay?”

I gather et it offwarm

“Yes,” I answer

I tense when he moves closer and sits on the side of the bed by ers the end of raze my nipple, I don’t know if it’s on purpose or accident Either way, I don’t like it, so I readjust the covers in ainst his wrist so it htens, but thankfully he drops his hand to his lap

“What were you drea about?”