A SEAL's Vigilant Heart (Midnight Delta Book 8) by Caitlyn O'Leary

Author:Caitlyn O'Leary [O'Leary, Caitlyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: midnight delta, SEALs, love story, Suspense, Caitlyn O'Leary, Contemporary, Navy Seals, military romance, Action & Adventure, Romance
Publisher: Passionately Kind Publishing
Published: 2016-12-18T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Five

“No.”

“I need you.”

Mason woke up, he heard the last few words spoken by Sophia. He didn’t wake her up immediately. She hadn’t had nightmares like this since her attack two years ago, and now this was the fourth or fifth time he had caught her thrashing around. He knew the reason for the dreams now. It was since he had come home wounded.

This time, she was talking in her sleep, and he wanted to hear what she had to say.

“Please. Please let me tell you. Please. No. Don’t go. I love you.” She started to cry. Oh God, she was imagining him dying. It was breaking his heart.

“Sophia, wake up. Honey. You’re having a bad dream.”

“Mason?”

“You had a bad dream. Can you tell me about it?”

Sophia shuddered. “Mason, can you just hold me,” her voice broke.

“I am, baby.”

“Tighter.” He gathered her closer, pressing his cheek against her damp hair. For long moments, they stayed like that until finally she calmed.

“Can you tell me about the dream?”

“I really don’t remember it. I just remember the feelings. I woke up feeling so sad like I was reaching for something I had lost. I’ve woken up a few times like that lately.”

“You haven’t lost anything, I’m here.” She looked at him. In the moonlight, he could see her beautiful green eyes.

“I thank God for you every day. Do you know that, Mason? Do you really know that? I worry I don’t tell you enough how much I love you and what a good man you are.” Mason felt a lump forming in his throat.

“Sophia, even when you aren’t saying the words you’re telling me. Your love shines through.”

“But it’s not enough. I need to tell you.”

“And you are.” She snuggled closer, and he felt her breathing begin to change. She fell asleep in his arms. He wished sleep would come as easily for him. He scooched them down so they were resting on the pillows and she sighed in pleasure.

He mulled over everything that had gone on since he had been home. Sophia hadn’t said anything about his injury, seeming to take it in stride, but it was obviously weighing heavy on her mind. His captain, Larry Osterman, had been talking to him about taking a position in command. He could help straighten out all of the fuck-ups with the intel. Mason immediately rejected the idea. He knew his real strength was in leading a team in the field. What’s more, Osterman was kicking ass and taking names. Mason knew he would get things straightened out. Still... Was this something that would ease Sophia’s mind?

Sophia cuddled closer, it was clear she wasn’t going to have any more nightmares, but Mason wasn’t going to get any sleep that night.

***

Sophia watched Billy plan for the ‘bachelor party.' It was perfect. Every single day Mason made her fall in love with him a little bit more. Billy worried to death how to come up with something since he was the best man. He took his duties seriously, and he had been working on the toast for over a month.

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