I sprang up immediately to find out that it was a dream.
My breath was ragged. I had sweat all over my body like I had been running a race.
Nina has been shot. She died crying. Screaming.
I snatched a robe and ran out. Taking the keys from one of my men, I ran to the dungeon. My heart was in my mouth as I wondered the state she could be in. For the first time in a long time, I was pretty scared. What if she died.
On getting there, I took out a torchlight. I pointed it around the cell but I couldn’t find Nina.
“Nina!” I growled. Out her name but I got no response.
My heart was beating at a very fast rate. What if she had died or something? I kept asking myself. I opened the door to the cell and came closer. That was when relief washed over me as I saw her curled up like a kitten, sl
