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“Good.” She left the room.
I jumped, a sheen of sweat coating my skin. Breathing through the nightmare invading my mind, I pinched the bridge of my nose and inhaled.
Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale.
Breathe. Keep breathing.
The nightmares didn’t come as much as they used to. I was sure my parents were thankful for that. A child’s screams got old and quickly.
I covered Luna’s hand that was on my chest, taking all the strength from her that I could muster.
She continued sleeping beside me when a knock sounded on the door. I kissed her cheek, slid off the bed, making sure not to disturb her, and put my pants back on.
Trudging to the door, I made sure I was at least a little decent and greeted whoever was up at this godforsaken hour.
“Hey.” Gigi stared up at me with Meadow standing behind her.
Meadow yawned, running a hand up and down her face before giving me a small smile.
“What are you two doing up?” I asked, keeping my voice low so not to disturb Luna.
“Couldn’t sleep and…” Gigi looked at her sister before meeting my gaze. “We heard a noise.”
Meadow snorted. “Gigi heard a noise and she woke me up.”
I stepped back into Luna’s room and grabbed my dress shirt before joining the girls out in the hall. I slipped into the shirt when I remembered.Fuck. My scars.
Gigi and Meadow both stared at me with wide eyes.
“Don’t,” I grumbled, stomping down the hall. How the hell could I have forgotten about them? Not that they covered my front really but as soon as I turned around, they could for sure see the marks on my back.Shit.
“I didn’t see anything.” Meadow walked past us and headed into the living room.
“Zach,” Gigi said gently.
“It’s nothing,” I murmured, running a hand through my hair.
“Maybe not now it isn’t.”
“Listen.” I dropped my arm to my side. “If anyone is going to know anything about my past, it’ll be Luna. Until then, you didn’t see fuck all. Now tell me where you heard the noise.”
“Fine.” Gigi started walking down the hall. “It was outside. We hear shit all the time. The neighbors aren’t exactly quiet. But this was different.”
“How different?” It wasn’t like I could do anything. I wasn’t trained but I knew people who were. We all did.
“I don’t know.” Gigi huffed, heading to the patio door. She turned on the backyard security lights. “It just was. But we can’t call our dad, or he’ll lose his shit and make us move home.”
“No. He would makeyoumove home,” Meadow pointed out. “I’d go hole up with someone else.”
Gigi rolled her eyes.
“Where did you hear the sound?” I asked, ignoring their banter.
“In the backyard.” Gigi rung her hands nervously in front of her.
“I’ll go check it out.” I held out my hand. “Give me your phone.”
She placed her cell in my palm.
