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Her lip curled and she sneered at me. "Yourelax.I'mgoing to freak out and lose my mind because this dream is absolutely horrible and I'mtrappedhere and it's absolute bullshit. I want to go home, Tyson."
"Girl," I said tiredly. "Shut up. I'm gonna try to get us out of here but you panicking and freaking out and swearing at me isn't going to help the situation out any. So calm down andrelax."
I could see it in her eyes, she didn't want to listen to me and she wanted to have a mini freak out just to spite me, which was something I'd noticed she'd been doing a lot lately and it was something I found fucking hilarious, even when it was directed at me.
"Fine," she huffed and glared at me.
I had to bite my bottom lip to keep myself from grinning at her because I was sure my grin would turn into laughter that would only serve to further piss her off.
"Are you scared now?" I asked her.
Her torso jerked like I'd hit her and her surprised eyes moved from my mouth to look me in the eye.
"No," she muttered irately. "Not really. Not since you showed up."
I laced her fingers through mine and squeezed lightly. I didn't need her to touch me but I did it anyways because I wanted her to feel grounded and I needed her ass calm.
"Close your eyes," I ordered and she immediately complied.
Thank fuck.
I did not want to have to put up with her being surly and stubborn, not tonight. No, tonight I was in no mood to find it cute and there was a chance I'd snap right back at her if she gave me any more shit.
"Now I want you to draw in a deep, cleansing breath and let it back out. Over and over, until you're nice and relaxed."
Again, she did as she was told, breathing deep and letting it go. Over and over again. Eventually the rigid set to her shoulders relaxed and the tightness faded away from her face. It didn't take long at all, maybe five minutes tops.
When her body was no longer strung tight and she looked completely relaxed, she opened her eyes back up and looked at me. There was no fear or hesitation in her eyes now. They were clear and all for me.
"What now?" She asked quietly.
"Now, I want you to think about leaving. Think about your bed, where you went to sleep tonight. Think-"
"Umm..." She mumbled. "I kind of didn't go to sleep in my own bed tonight."
My lips parted in surprise before I could catch myself. Her eyes darted from my eyes down to my mouth then back up to my eyes again.
"Where did you go to sleep?" I asked curiously and I was glad to note there was no jealousy inside of me at all. I was only curious, wondering which one of my brothers she was curled up against in the real world and happy she wasn't alone.
"Dash's room," she muttered and pink hit her cheeks. She was embarrassed and hadn't wanted to tell me who she was sleeping with.
Damn, but I wanted to laugh in the face of her embarrassment. Not to be a dick but because there were seven of us and eventually she'd never sleep alone, so it was something she'd need to get over and get used to. And I wouldn't be the only one who'd be demanding to know who'd she'd been in bed with the night before.
"Right," I muttered. Then, in my normal voice, said, "Then close your eyes and think about Dash's bed where you went to sleep tonight."
"I can do that," she told me and looked relieved to be able to close her eyes and not look at me anymore.
I shook my head in amusement.
"Right," she said, "I'm good, Ty. What now?"
"Now," I said and was cut off by a horrible crash coming from the woods behind us before I could get any more out.
Some kind of animal snarled and I hissed, "Fuck."
Male laughter, manic and loud, echoed all around us.
"Fuck," I hissed again.
