Her Lion Protectors by Wilder Lilly

Author:Wilder, Lilly [Wilder, Lilly]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Hewlett-Packard Company
Published: 2019-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

It was late at night and I struggled to sleep. A soft breeze tugged at the curtains through the crack of the window and, as they wafted open, I saw the silver moonlight. It looked so calm and peaceful and, indeed, the city itself seemed to be deep in slumber. I spread my arms across the empty space in my bed, remembering the warmth that surrounded me when Dalton had shared this space. My body quaked every time I thought of him and I hated how he had such a profound effect upon me, but it was only a matter of time before I forgot him. All feelings passed eventually.

At least that’s what I told myself. It didn’t seem entirely comforting.

Work wasn’t proving as much of a distraction as I’d hoped. It was just leaving me more fatigued and, on nights like this when I was finding it difficult to get to sleep, it was entirely frustrating, because I knew my performance would suffer. I wanted to be the best version of myself, but it always seemed as though there was something in my way.

I heard a noise. At first I thought I was just imagining something in my tired state, but then I heard it again, a soft, padded footstep, almost like a cat. If it had been at any other point in the day I wouldn’t have heard it, but at night everything was still and the sounds carried. My throat ran dry and my brow furrowed, for I wasn’t sure what it could be. I had never been broken into before and I hadn’t heard the door open or any windows being smashed. Perhaps my instincts had been right and it was a cat that had sneaked in. I’d have to get up and shoo it away…but what if it wasn’t a cat?

I gripped onto the bed sheets tightly. My gaze was fixed on my bedroom door. My heart pounded in my chest. I kept trying to tell myself that it was just some animal who must have been attracted to the warmth, but the throbbing fear in the back of my mind told me it was something worse. Still holding the sheets, I crawled out of bed towards the window, searching for anything that might make a weapon, but the only thing that was in reach was a hairbrush, and I didn’t think that would do any good.

I strained my ears, although it was difficult to hear anything over my panting breaths. My hands were shaking and I pulled the sheet higher so it was like a shield, although I knew it wasn’t going to offer any defense against an attacker. The door creaked open and a feeling of dread crept over me, as though eels were slithering around me like vines. My throat ran dry and I backed against the wall, trying to make myself as small and as far away as possible. The only light that came into the room was from the silver moon and the soft glow of the streetlight.

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