Kassie
I woke up, bolting straight up into a sitting position, sweat coating every inch of skin.
I must’ve screamed in my sleep, like I tended to do, because the door flew open, revealing Micah in the doorway.
Worry etched his face like always.
“Another bad dream?”
I just nodded my head, unable to meet his eyes.
Silently, he walked over and climbed into the bed next to me and pulled me into his arms, tucking my head under his chin. He was running circles on my back with his big hand, trying to calm me.
But it wasn’t calming me.
Something was off, bothering me.
“Micah?” I began, my voice thick with the tears that I had pushed down.
“Hmm?”
“Do you think it would've been easier if I had died with them?”
His body tensed beside me, his hold on me becoming bruising.
He was about to
