Unfortunately, that night when I go into the dream state, Luca isn’t there. Anxiety whirs in me as I turn around in the birch forest, looking for him, but it’s…definitely just me by myself. I frown, trying to feel him…is he just…not asleep? And there’s…certainly something there. It’s almost like
I burst into a grin because instantly, instantly I have an answer to why Luca didn’t come to the dream state last night. Both Luca and Ben are sitting at our table with full plates of food in front of them, their faces green. Ben rests his head against his folded arm and gives up halfway through g
The rest of the day passes lazily and well. Ben and Luca come back to the room with us, and we light a cozy fire. Ben stretches out in front of the hearth with his head buried in a pillow, and even though I insist that he go sleep in my little nook for a bit he protests that he’s fine. So I settle f
“I mean, I’m going to win,” he says with a confident shrug, a little smug but also a little offended that I’m doubting him. I sit back a little, half torn by my allegiance and my faith in him and half knowing that his confidence…is not going to be enough to pull him through. Luca looks around at
“Luca,” I growl, shoving uselessly at his shins, “let me up.” Luca just glares at Jackson at the door and then over at me. He can come to you, Luca says into my mind, possessive and predatory. I narrow my eyes at him, pissed. But there’s no time to think any more about it, because suddenly Jacks
I just sigh, and nod, and send back an impression of the dream state, letting him know that we can talk about it more safely there. Luca just nods, and closes his eyes, and continues his nap. That night, after dinner has been eaten and Luca and Ben have finally shuffled off to bed, I finally res
Luca pulls me again against his chest and then turns his body so that my back is flat against the mattress, my hair spread out around me. “Nice addition to the dream forest, Princess,” Luca murmurs, hovering his face over mine and pressing kisses to each of my cheeks. “What else can you do?” “Oh
“Um,” I say, my face suddenly burning with my blush as I glance downward, not knowing what to say – Or how to feel – Because, I mean, it’s not that I don’t…don’t like it…because I think I do!? I just – this is all very new, and very fast… Luca inhales sharply as he takes in my blush, the direc