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Noticing my hand hovering above Abel, Jude frowns.
Without asking, he grabs my hand, taking it in his own. Lending me his strength, he strokes me tenderly with his thumb until my shaking starts to calm down.
Then he tugs my hand down, helping me touch Abel.
My chest squeezing hard enough for my ribs to puncture my lungs, I have to swallow back a sob.
Feeling our hands touching his head, Abel smiles in his sleep.
Seriously about to lose it now, I pull my arm back and step away from the crib.
Jude turns towards me, his dark eyes full of concern.
Why does he have to be so crazy yet perfect at the same time?
Am I stuck in a nightmare? Or a sick dream?
Are dreams and nightmares simply the same thing?
The world begins to spin, and I just want to crumble to my knees and cry for days and days.
Sensing what’s about to happen, Jude sweeps me up.
Cradling me in his arms, he carries me out of the nursery and back to the bedroom.
“Does your neck hurt?” he rasps as tears start to pour out of my eyes.
Biting my lip to hold in as much as I can, I slowly nod my head.
Gently, he sets me down on the bed. “I’ll get your medicine.”
When he turns away and walks to the connecting bathroom, I’m left staring at his perfect ass.
Fuck…
The shocking sight is exactly what I need to get a fucking grip.
Shaking my head, I gulp in air and pull myself together. Telling myself crying and falling a part isn’t going to solve anything. All it does it make shit worse.
I’m much calmer when he walks back in, carrying a glass of cloudy water.
I eye the glass suspiciously.
“I dissolved the pill in the water for you,” Jude says and pushes the glass into my hand.
And there he goes, being fucking perfect again…
But he’s a psychotic killer, a little voice in my head reminds me.
Turning away from him, I tip my head back. The cloudy liquid burns all the way down, like my throat has been sliced up with razorblades.
Suffering through the pain, I empty the glass and hand it back to him. My stupid hand shaking again.
Frowning, Jude sets the glass down on the bedside table and turns off the light. Throwing us back into darkness.
“What…” I blink into the blackness. “Why did you turn off the light?”
“You need sleep,” Jude says somewhere beside me then I feel him getting on the bed. “Come here.”
