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Hammer’s dreamswere wild and muddled. They were also unsettling. The Supermax prison was the basis for all his dreams.
The prison kept flashing through his mind, the background for dozens of scenes from his life.
The scenes from his life flashed through his dreams quickly. So quickly that he didn’t actually see anything. All he was left with were the emotions that accompanied the memories.
Warm love. Joy. Grief. Despair. So much grief and despair.
The only constant, the only visible landmark in his dreams, was the prison. His time in prison had been the largest part of his life.
His dreams changed then, and they were more of an out-of-body experience than dreams.
He was turning in his sleep. He saw it as though he floated above his body. He was pressing his face into Charlie’s hair.
His dreams changed as he inhaled her scent, the scent of his mate. They became calmer, less frantic. The scenes from his past slowed, though he still could not identify them.
He remained unsettled, but the prison was no longer the constant.
Charlie was now the only constant in his subconscious instead.
* * *
Hammer always wokewith the sun. He didn’t quite know why, but it had been a habit since he was a child. He had theorized that it was the dragon inside him, seeking heat.
The sunlight filtered through a small partition in the tent. It seemed that the rain had been blown away.
Charlie was still asleep in the crook of his arm. He looked down at her before covering her with his jacket.
Then, laying back and staring up at the top of the makeshift tent, he considered how he felt.
The night before had been amazing. But Charlie had been a virgin. Well, until they had kissed anyway. He wasn’t sure how to feel. A part of him, a very small part, was angry. She hadn’t told him, and he knew that a woman’s first time was never easy.
What if he had been too rough, too hasty? What if he had hurt her?
The other, larger part of him was happy. The dragon inside him purred with satisfaction that Hammer was the only one Charlie had been with. The truth was his feelings weren’t easy to figure out. And it was mostly because he could not read Charlie. And that infuriated him.
Sometimes he could feel her emotions through the mating bond. And other times, he could sense her thoughts from the way her brow furrowed or the way she chewed on her lower lip.
But she was an enigma to him for the most part.
Charlie stirred, turning onto her back. As though she could feel his frustration.
Maybe she could. Maybe she can feel you more than you can feel her.The thought terrified Hammer.
He did not need her to know him so closely. Even if she was his mate.
She was looking up at him sleepily, and he watched as her eyes changed color. In the early morning, her eyes were a cloudy gray.
But as she woke up, they became brighter, jewel-like.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” he asked her. She knew what he was speaking about. Charlie exhaled heavily and sat up.
“I didn’t think it mattered,” Charlie said softly. She was getting up, reaching for her clothes. “It was mine to give away. To whomever I wanted.”
A sense of urgency struck Hammer, and he knew Charlie was infected with it. As much as they wanted to stay there forever, they had to move.
He had to get Charlie to safety, and he had to go back for Ajmal. Hammer could not miss this opportunity. He couldn’t let Ajmal get away.
Not again.
