ZARA: sweet ..
My eyes fluttered open slowly, my head pounding like someone was hitting it from inside.
I groaned and shifted a little.
Something warm moved on me.
Noah.
His head was resting on my stomach, his arm wrapped around my waist like he’d been holding me all night. The second I moved, he stirred too, lifting his head immediately like he’d been wired to wake up with me.
“pookie…?” his voice came out low, rough from sleep.
I blinked, trying to make sense of the dim room, the couch, the blanket. “My head… hurts,” I whispered.
"It's fine. You’re safe here with me."
His voice was low and steady, but my mind was anything but.
I blinked slowly, trying to make sense of the dim room, the warm blanket over my legs… and Noah sitting so close that his knee brushed mine.
My memory f
