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Her whole body jolted, and she was yanked out of the vision so sharply that she cried out.
“I’ve got you. You’re all right,” Trey whispered in her ear as he held her snug against him.
She realized then that he lay stretched out beside her. His warmth flooded her and began to chase away the chill that seemed to run deep into her bones, and she didn’t want his arms, so hard with muscles, ever to let her go.
She was grateful he lay wrapped around her. She had never experienced a vision like that before. Never had she felt trapped in one. The visions came suddenly, and often without warning, and left just as suddenly. But never, ever had a vision trapped her.
She shivered with fear.
Trey gently stroked her back. “You’re safe. It’s all right.”
“No, it’s not,” she said, pressing her face in the crook of his neck.
“Why? Tell me what frightened you,” he urged.
She slowly eased her head back to look up at him and was grateful for the concern she saw there, but more so for the indomitable strength she forever saw in his eyes. He made her feel safe.
“Tell me,” he urged again.
“I was trapped,” she said softly.
“Where?”
“In a vision.” She shivered again, and he instantly pressed his lips to her brow.
“I pulled you out,” he said, and kissed her cheek. “You are safe, and I will see that you stay that way.”
She grasped hold of his shirt. “I have never been trapped in a vision. If you hadn’t pulled me out, I don’t know how I would have gotten out.”
“Tell me about this vision.”
She shook her head. “No, I do not want to get pulled back again.”
He pressed her cheek to hers. “It’s all right. You don’t have to say anything. And if you were to get pulled back in, I would pull you free again. So do not worry.”
“How would you know I was trapped—howdidyou know I was trapped?”
“I didn’t know. I thought you suffered a bad dream. But I know now, and I know what to do, grab hold of you and hold you tight.”
Bliss cuddled closer though she was already firm against him. She needed to feel his thick muscles pressed against her, feel his warmth, and share his strength, his courage. She didn’t want him to leave her side. She wanted him right there beside her all night. But how did she ask him to stay?
With courage, she said, “You’ll stay with me tonight?”
“I had no intentions of going anywhere. It is in my arms you’ll be sleeping tonight.”
She placed a gentle kiss on his cheek. “I am grateful.”
“I am here for you,wife,whenever you need me.”
Chapter 6
Trey and Bliss woke with the sunrise and were on their way. Trey would have preferred Bliss rest in his arms, but that wouldn’t have been a prudent decision. Once the two soldiers were missed, others would be sent. It was inevitable that they would run across the king’s soldiers again. And the more soldiers, the more victory favored them.
He wished they hadn’t had to rush. He liked waking up with Bliss wrapped in his arms, her head tucked in the crook of his shoulder. She seemed to belong there.
Where Leora once rested.
The thought had only now crept up on him. Unusual, since Leora had been first on his mind every morning he had wakened, since her death ... how long now?
