Wicked Fascination by J. M. Brister

Author:J. M. Brister [Brister, J. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Sunday, June 7

1:10 AM

Freya woke up in a cold sweat. She had had another nightmare about James. It had been as if she was there again, being hurt, being tortured, being violated. There would be no way that she'd get back to sleep any time soon. Her body was aching from the nightmare, and her heart seemed like it was pounding a mile a minute.

Throwing off the covers (though most of them had already been kicked off during her nightmare), she swung her feet to the side of the bed. It still hurt to put weight on her foot, but she could manage it if she went slowly. Hobbling to the connecting guest bathroom, she didn't even bother to turn on the light. Instead, she found the faucet and splashed water on her face. She hated being so weak. She just wished that she could put the past behind her. Instead, James kept coming back to haunt her.

She debated trying to go back to bed, but the thought of being by herself at this point made her skin crawl. Her mind would want to go straight back to thinking about what James had done to her, and she couldn't deal with that right now.

My bedroom is across the hall if you need anything. Brian's voice popped into her mind.

She couldn't.

The thought of going into Brian's bedroom made her feel faint. Going to his bedroom meant that she wanted something that she couldn't give—at least not at this point. She just couldn't go there right now.

Freya trudged back to the guest bedroom and tried to lie down again. She lay down for a few moments, only to sit back up again. She needed her meds, she realized. They were the only thing that would allow her to deal with this alone.

But why deal with it alone? It was the little voice in the back of her head. He wants to help. She cringed. But he's eventually going to tire of your issues.

Yeah, he was going to get tired of her. There were only so many damaged goods that Brian Ash would be willing to put up with.

She was about to lie back down again when she finally sat up and succumbed to her desires, regardless of how ridiculous they were. She needed Brian right now. It didn't even matter if he got angry at her for invading his bedroom at this point. She limped out of her room and into Brian's bedroom. The door was half-closed but not latched and shut.

From what Freya could see in the darkness, the room was much larger than the guestroom she was staying in. Brian's bed dominated most of the room, most likely a king-sized bed. The whole room smelled like him: fresh, clean, and male. She could make out his figure lying on the bed, but she wasn't sure what to do. Should she wake him up? Just slump down into the bed and let him figure it all out later?

Suddenly, before she could decide, Brian's body sat up.

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