Chapter 714

The light chased away the darkness, and a divine-looking man came into her sight.

"Nightmares?" Tyler asked, his voice husky.

Vicky slowly regained her composure. "Nightmares... Yes, it was a nightmare," she mumbled. "I had a horrible nightmare when Jonathan locked me up in a cage, and when I tried to escape, those two men stood in my way..."

Everything that had happened was more than what a woman, who was not even 20 years old, could take.

He studied the pale look on her face and said, "It's okay. It was just a dream."

Though it was only a nightmare, what she had experienced continued to haunt her.

"I'll leave the lights on." He got up and was about to leave. "It's still hours before sunrise. Get some more sleep."

He was about to walk out of the bedroom when Vicky whispered, "Can you...not go?"

He stilled and turned to look at her. "What did you just say?"

Vicky was as pale as a ghost as her eyes darted around, fearing that something might leap out of the darkness. "Can you s