Shifter by Jennifer Reynolds

Author:Jennifer Reynolds
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Jennifer Reynolds
Published: 2014-07-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

~~~Abby~~~

Slowly my brain wakes. My head hurts. My eyes sting. They burn and feel swollen. My body is sore and achy as if I have been on the treadmill for hours. Despite all the hurt, though, I feel oddly comfortable and warm. The room is still dark. I know this even though I refuse to open my eyes. I know this because no light filters through my lids, meaning I’ve only slept for a few hours.

Twisting slightly to stretch out my limbs, I notice a number of things almost all at once. One, I have a blanket over me. A blanket that I hadn’t had on my bed or had pulled out of the closet in months. Two, I am naked under the blanket. The towel I had wrapped around me when I lay down is now lying under me. The towel had been damp, and I am sure the moisture has seeped into my comforter and sheets. The third thing I notice is that I’m not alone. Someone is in the bed beside me.

My first thought is that Carrie has come over, seen the distraught look on my face and my sad appearance, and crawled into bed with me after pulling one of my blankets from the hall closet. Then I realize that my sister, as much as she loves me, wouldn’t have wrapped her arm around my naked waist. Even if she had come over, she would have covered me and there would be three other bodies on or near me. Plus, Carrie is a short, skinny thing. The arm around me is heavy. The leg I touch with my bare feet as I stretch out is hairy.

My heart begins to pound fiercely in my chest as realization sets in. There is a man in my bed. I rack my brain for any memory of coming into contact with a male after leaving the restaurant. I know I didn’t because I didn’t go anywhere else. I came straight home. I didn’t call anyone. Didn’t invite anyone to come over. Fear floods me. Had someone broken in? Am I all right? It takes everything I have in me to stop my body from shaking. I have to take inventory of myself. Am I hurt? Have I been raped?

Nothing that I can feel feels bruised. My body doesn’t feel violated. As long as it has been since I have had sex, I am sure my body would be feeling it right now if he had forced himself on and inside of me. I would be achy and probably more than a little sore down there. I feel none of that. This fact calms me a little, but it doesn’t help explain who is in my bed and why. Who would have felt comfortable enough with me to crawl up next to me while I was naked? Come to think of it, considering what I feel pressing against my bottom, who would feel comfortable enough to be naked with me?

With

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