167: Identical spots

SCARLETT

A whiff of a familiar scent stirred me awake.

The softest sheets tucked me in place as I shuffled and rubbed my eyes before taking in my surroundings. I could easily tell that I was in Alex’s room at one glance because of the dark grey walls.

Soon enough, I learned that I wasn't alone because he also came into view.

From the look of things, he was in his own dimension because he hadn't realized that I was awake. He was pacing from one end of the room to the other with his eyes tightly shut and his hands clasped in a prayer form while he muttered something inaudible under his breath.

As he continued uninterrupted, I took a closer look at him, at first I was simply drawn by his perfectly carved features and the obvious strength in his muscles as he moved, but something else caught my eye.

There was some brown fur on his neck, and the moment I saw it, I had a flashback of what had happened before I woke up in his room.

Instead the fear and uncertainty that gripped me while I wat