CHAPTER ELEVEN: DREAM

MORRIGAN'S POV

“Morrigan.” A distant voice whispered.

“Morrigan.” The person said a bit louder. I turned my head left and right looking for the owner of the voice. I couldn't see where I was, the place was covered by a thick layer of fog.

How did I get here?

“Who are you?” I called into the fog.

“You are so close child. Come to me.” The person said.

I frowned, who the hell was this. Come to me, who? I put my hand in front of me and stumbled forward. It was as if my wolf senses were gone.

“Look lady, I don't know who you are,but…” my sentence got cut off as I lost my footing and tumbled down into an ice cold body of water. I let out a pained scream. The water was so cold it felt like there were razors cutting into my body.

“Wake up.” An all too familiar voice said, panic laced in his voice.

My eyes shot open. The pain disappeared but the cold stayed. My whole body felt wet and weak.

Zephyr was looking down at me with a cold look on his face but his eyes were saying something else, worry?

“For fuck's sake Morrigan. What the hell!?” He yelled pulling me out of bed. A cold wind hit me and I began shivering.

“C…Co.. cold.” I stuttered. He picked me up and headed towards the bathroom. He pushed the door open and walked in.

He placed me down and went over to the shower cubicle and turned on the water. He walked back to where I was, shaking like a leaf, and proceeded to unbutton my t-shirt. I slowly moved my shaking hand to stop him. He looked down at me.

“You'll freeze to death.” He moved my hand away.

I shut my eyes as he removed the rest of my clothes. The cold air hit my body making me shake even more, the only heat I could feel was emitting from Zephyr's body, I moved closer trying to warm up.

I was too cold to be embarrassed but my whole body was tense.

He picked me up again, and walked into the shower, placed me down, and supported me with his body leaving a tingling feeling where his hands were. The warm water hit my naked body and his clothed body.

My head was against his chest, I could hear his racing heart, making me even more tense. He had his hands tightly wrapped around my waist.

We just stood there in silence, the only sound was coming from the water hitting the ground, Zephyr's uneven breathing and his beating heart. Standing so close to him was making me feel some type of way, his scent was all up in my nostrils.

I slowly lifted my head up, our eyes met and my breath got caught in my throat. I placed my hands flat against his chest.

Goddammit why did this man have to be so attractive. He watched me closely, his pupils dilated. The water from his hair slid down from his temple, nose all the way to his lips.

I licked my lips, I desperately wanted to kiss him. I wanted to know how his beautiful lips tasted. I wanted to devour them. I wanted to touch him.

He moved one of his hands and tucked a stray strand of hair behind my ear, my stomach tightened as a rush of heat spread through my body. I clenched my thighs together, trying to ignore the heat pooling in my lower stomach.

This was not good. I was struggling to keep control over myself. If I gave in to my feelings it would be game over. I hated how I was beginning to lose control everytime this man got close to me.

Zephyr leaned in, close enough for his breath to tickle my ear. “Morrigan…”

My breath hitched and I clenched my thighs tighter, trying to keep myself in check. This was bad, very bad.

How did we even end up in this situation?

He slowly dragged his lips from my ear, down to my cheek, the warmth of his breath lingering on my skin.

I could feel my heart beating faster that I was scared it would pop out of my chest.

He stopped right at the corner of my lips. I took a deep breath trying to regain control of myself.

He pulled back and slowly put his forehead against mine. His breath was hitting my face.

“Fuck.” It was barely audible but it sent shivers down my spine. I could feel something poking my leg. He tilted his head and began leaning in. I closed my eyes.

“Snap out of it!”

I turned my head just as his lips got closer.

“Stop..” I whispered.

“I can't do this….please go”

He reached behind me and closed the water.

“Morrigan, I…” He stopped, nodded his head and left. I stood alone in the bathroom, taking deep breaths to calm myself.

I waited till I heard the outer door close before stumbling out of the bathroom. The bed sheets and pillows were wet and messy.

I sighed and ran my hands over my face.

“My life's a mess.”I groaned.

What the fuck is happening to me? What was that dream, it seemed and felt so real. That has never happened to me before, could it be this place?

I looked around the room but nothing seemed out of the ordinary. I walked towards the small closet and opened it and took out some pants and a t-shirt and put them on.

There's no way, right? It couldn't be this place.

That voice sounded so real and kind of familiar, but where have I heard that voice before?

“Ugh!” I let out a frustrated groan. This was driving me nuts.

And then there's the whole issue with Zephyr. Why did I have to get carried away like that, I will never let that happen again.

“Never again.” I whispered subconsciously, touching my lips.

We almost kissed. He was so close, so very close that I could smell his minty breath. He saw and touched my bare skin. If only I didn't have….

I abruptly shook my head. “You're fucking crazy. If only what!? Do you wanna die?”

I pulled the sheets off the bed willing myself to forget the absurd thoughts I was having. I had bigger problems to deal with.

Who was the owner of that voice?