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As my legs rushed and my body pushed faster than ever before, I was closing in on them. It felt like slow motion and like the entire world was being pulled to a stop by invisible hands. I needed to outrun this. I needed to get to them.
The thunder cracked again, and suddenly there was a hand on my face and arm.
I was in my human form again.
I was lying down.
Coming out of the dream-like vision, I was coming up for air just like after a deep dive into a pool. I gasped and grabbed onto the arms that were trying to wake me up.
“Heather, please, wake up,” I could hear Dralle softly trying to pull me from the dream.
I was so close, though.
This time I could have saved him.
I could have stopped this.
Thunder boomed out, and it felt like I was going to have a heart attack. “What is-”
“It started storming a little while ago. Are you okay?”
His voice was soft and patient, and I didn’t deserve that.
I took the man I knew may one day kill my brother, and I invited him into my home and bed.
I loved him.
After just a week.
Pulling him to me, I buried my face in his chest and let out a sob of frustrated confusion.
“What were you dreaming about?”
I shook my head, not ready to tell him about the fighting dreams yet.
Maybe he should have known, but I felt like I was protecting everyone by not saying anything. Slowly, I remembered that wasn’t the only thing the dream was about. My mind raced through the vision again, like replaying the grooves on a record. What else was there?
‘I can’t wait to get her pregnant. I still have a chance at the throne.’
This phrase came back clearly, more potent than any memory of my own. Word for word.
I pushed him softly away, wanting to look him in the face.
“Do you actually care about me?” My voice lost emotion, and I let it fall flat and safe. If I wasn’t vulnerable, I had a chance at not being hurt any further, right?
“Of course, I do,” he let a soft chuckle out like I was ridiculous.
He didn’t get it.
I wasn’t crazy.
“The cousins are fighting to see who can have their child first. You told the Seer that you were going to do everything you could to get me pregnant as quickly as possible.”
“Wait, is this what she was talking to you about on Sunday?” He sounded concerned, and it hurt. Was he upset that he might be caught? Did he care about me at all? “Heather, I was trying to be what the kingdom wanted of me. I met you, and it changed everything.”
“She told you to be as soft and sweet as possible.”
“Heather-”
