I wake with a start, trembling and sitting up in bed instantaneously as though jolted with a thousand bolts of electricity all at once. My chest rising and falling, useless breaths which sit only to be expelled again, the air filling my lungs might not serve any purpose, but my senses almost demand it, needing to settle the rest of my shaky frame. I raise my hand only to realize I am sweating red droplets and turn to see the final imprint of my face on the pillow. Crimson streaks cover the pillowcase.
I blink a few times and fight the urge to draw my knees up to my chest.
Clenching my eyes shut, I attempt to remove the mental images from their unending loop within my thoughts, but blinking only brings them back in much more solid clarity. I see it happening all over again, the chilling music being played as imminent doom comes upon the one I recognized the moment the second part of the dream commenced. My eyes open and I sigh. Yes, the first part had been a warning. And yet, I continued to dream.
My hand coasts through the wet locks of brown pasted against the sides of my head. As I pull it away, I look at the fingers stained with red and glance at the man resting beside me, seeing him yet lost within the repose of slumber. I remember dancing with him, laughing with him until our laughter turned to clothing shed and found us spilled on the bed, sharing pleasure and then, sharing rest. We drifted to sleep far earlier than normal, both of us exhausted after being up the better part of the day making wedding plans.
The wedding. Saturday. I was going to have to face Robin and not tell him what I saw within my dream. A shiver ran up my spine from the base of my back to the tip and forced me out of bed before I succumbed to the urge to wake Victor. Not that I thought he would care, in fact, I knew his arms would be around me within seconds, clutching me against him to offer me comfort. I was not ready for comfort yet, though. First, I had to make sense of the maniac circus show I had just witnessed. Read the rest of this entry
