Waking Darkness by Laney Powell

Author:Laney Powell [Powell, Laney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Raven, wake up!” The voice said. I could hear a touch of urgency.

I opened my eyes to see the ceiling, and a man’s head in my line of vision. What the hell? Sitting up abruptly, I banged into the guy leaning over me. While I was in bed.

“Are you all right?” he asked.

I stared wildly at him, and then realized this was Mikhail Something-or-other, and he’d tried to see my nightmares. “I take it you didn’t see anything?” I asked. This time, I didn’t care that my voice shook. “I think I need to just try and sleep.”

“No, I saw something,” Mikhail said.

“What?” I focused on him now.

“What else is in your family?” Mikhail asked.

“What do you mean?”

“Why would something that feels a lot like a demon be interested in you?”

I shrugged, trying to ignore the thrill of fear at his words. That thing in my head was a demon? The only demons I knew were like Xavier, and not one of them felt like whatever it was that was scaring me each night. “All I know is that I’m half siren, and I didn’t even know that until I came here. I don’t know anything about my mom. She disappeared. It’s not my dad, so,” I shrugged again. “I don’t know.” My eyes met Mikhail’s. “I wish I did.”

“Whatever it is, it’s strong. And it’s pissed,” Mikhail said. “I think you need to talk to Madame Perpetua.”

“Over a dream?” I scoffed.

“Some dreams are just dreams. Some are more. I think this is something more.”

“OK, well, thanks,” I said, suddenly wanting him to stop talking about it. The idea that there was something actually directing my nightmares made me break out in a cold sweat.

Which Mikhail noticed. “Hey, are you all right?”

“No,” I said. “Does any of this seem all right to you?”

He shook his head. “Would you like help getting back to sleep?”

“Can you make a dreamless sleep?”

Mikhail smiled. The reality of this totally hot guy—because he was hot, with fair skin, and light brown wavy hair that he ran his hand through—in my room hit me. I shouldn’t be looking at other guys, since I had enough on that plate, but Mikhail made me aware that I had on no bra, and an old Nox’s Knights tee shirt.

“Yes, but you have to trust me.”

“In what way?” I gave him the stink eye.

“You have to let me kiss you. Vampire saliva can help you sleep,” he explained, his face open and earnest.

Which made me laugh out loud. Only in this place would someone tell me about the positive aspects of spit.

“If you don’t want my help,” Mikhail shrugged, putting out his hand to push up off the bed.

Oh, hell. I think I might have offended him. “No, no, I do want your help. And I’m not laughing at you, just… I’ve never heard anyone say that saliva was useful.”

He stopped his sliding off the bed. “It is.”

“Well, bring it on. I can’t deal with this recurring nightmare,” I shuddered at the thought of that roaring, booming voice.

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