Earth: The Elementals Book Two by Jennifer Lush

Author:Jennifer Lush [Lush, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“I’m worried about Isobel.” Nicholas mentioned to his mother one afternoon during a visit.

“Is there something wrong?” Anya asked. She looked at Isobel playing on the floor with the other children. She looked healthy and well.

“Not wrong per se,” he looked unsure of how to express his thoughts.

“Take your time. The words will come.”

“She has these night terrors. They wake her up many times each night leaving her frightened and hard to return to sleep.”

Anya kept her eyes on her granddaughter. She knew what was happening all too well. Isobel was almost a woman now. If she was experiencing the dreams, there were other signs as well even if they were not yet noticed.

“I have those dreams myself,” she told her son.

“I remember. This is why I brought it up. Is there anything we can do? There are nights where we hardly get any sleep at all.”

“Is she not in her room? How do you hear her?”

“She wakes us up.”

Anya smiled, “Then simply tell her not to. She is of an age where she can sooth herself.”

“It’s not always like that. She rarely comes into our room, only when the night terrors have really frightened her. Her siblings hear her cry out sometimes and wake up. Regardless, she will be up for hours doing busy work because she’s afraid to sleep. Soon others are disturbed then the whole home is awake.”

There were many nights when Anya lay awake in the dark frightened by a vision. She rarely got up because she dared not disturb Daniel, but there were times when her dreams effected everyone.

“What can we do, mother?”

She sighed. There was a lot she could teach Isobel, but nothing she could pass on to her son. “I have an idea. Why not allow her an extended visit with us?”

“How would that help?”

“Well, I can tell you what to do in the hopes you would do it well, or I could teach her myself. Your family will have a rest filled break while she’s here to help us in addition to learning how to overcome the night terrors.”

Nicholas thought it over. It wasn’t what he’d had in mind, and he knew his other children would not receive the news of having to pick up the slack from Isobel‘s chores that well. Yet, the thought of sleeping through the night without ruckus or alarm rousing him was too tempting to pass.

“For how long do you think?” he asked.

“Hard to say. A few weeks at the most would surely be enough. Daniel and I will bring her to you when she learns how to handle herself well without disturbing others after one of these dreams.”

He couldn’t find good reason to turn down the offer. The next day Isobel came to the house with a small crate of belongings. Daniel and Anya happily welcomed her. It had been far too long since a child lived within their home. Isobel knew why she had been sent there, but was surprised no one had mentioned it all throughout the evening.

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