JV woke feeling safe in Steve"s arms. Something wasn"t right, but she couldn"t remember what. Blinking, she tried to make her mind function enough to remember.
It came back to her in a flash. A nightmare. Shifting. Hiding. Steve. He"d coaxed her from under the bed and held her while she fell back to sleep. She usually didn"t sleep for hours, sometimes days after a nightmare.
Opening her eyes, she realized it was late morning. She twisted and his arms tightened around her. Looking at his face, she saw he was awake. "You"re late. Who"s taking care of the animals?"
"It"s taken care of,” he said after a moment. “After last night, I didn"t want you waking up alone." He looked her in the eye. "You all right?"
She heard the concern in his voice, saw it on his face. She buried her face in his
