Lock and Key
Forty-One: Lyra
I wake up the next morning to Clay cuddling to my back holing me tight. When I try to move, he doesn’t let me. That is when he whispers in my ear all that he dreamed about. “I had the most wonderful dream; do you want to know what it was about?” As he tells me he is kissing and nibbling on my neck and ear sending shivers through my body. “Uh hu” I say as I snuggle into his warm embrace. “I dreamed of my mother. We were sitting on this flat rock overlooking a pond. She told me that I needed to learn not just to love you but to trust you in all things, including my heart.” He allows me to roll over onto my other side facing him, so I can look into his eyes. All I can think about is I’m in love with this man. I don’t know when I fell so hard so fast but I’m here
