Chapter 17
Mason
It was three o’clock in the morning and the sound of Claire’s scream jerked me awake. She thrashed and kicked her legs hard, letting out tiny whimpers as she fought to get out of the sheets that tangled around her body. I flipped on the switch to the lamp beside the bed, and as soon as I did that Claire finally woke from her nightmare. Sweaty and breathing hard, the moment she saw me she jumped in my arms.
“I had the worst nightmare,” she cried, digging her nails in my back to hold me tighter.
Wiping the hair away from her face, I rubbed her back and murmured soothingly, “Shh … it’s okay, Claire. I’m here. Nothing’s going to happen to you.”
She laid her head against my chest and I could feel her warm tears falling down my bare skin. “It was terrible,” she whispered. “
