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Lucas’s POV

After spending sometime confined to my room, mulling over Alex’s words in my head, I decided to avoid that headache for later, and got out of my room to go hang out with David or my sister.

My guys were already on the plane, headed to Fairbanks.

They’re still a few hours away from meeting us here.

As my steps neared the stairs, I heard painful whimpers coming from Angelina’s room and I froze before I took my fist step down the stairs.

My head turned towards the direction of her room, contemplating whether to ignore those sounds or go inside to investigate.

God, was she having another one of those episodes again?

Then I heard it loud and clear, her sounds of distress shooting right through my heart, making my legs move towards her room on their fucking own.

“Please! Don’t kill her! Please! Stop please!”

I walk inside and find her thrashing in bed, her tears falling down through her closed eyes.

She was having another nightmare about her mom’s murder.

I go over to her and my