Chapter 12

• "love is a drug, can be used and abused"
• The bed felt like a bush of roses with prickly thorns tearing at her skin.Adriana tossed around, shivering as her sleep became a plagued nightmare.Sweats drenched the bed and her grunts and pleas for help went over the top."No!" She suddenly shrieked getting a breakthrough from the demon.Nathan got in as quickly as he could and joined her at her bedside.His room was opposite Adriana's."It's alright." He pacified her, clutching her tight in his arms.Adriana's fingernails bit into his skin like pine needles but he hardly cared. Her soft skin touching his, intoxicating."What the hell are you doing?" Adriana demanded when she came around.She was as of before a scared child waking from a bad dream but now, her bossy demeanor had returned."I thought...""Leave my room," Adriana ordered.There was one problem though, Nathan did not want to leave."I will if you tell me what you were dreaming about?" Adriana sent him a deadly gaze.The words of her father echoing in her head.Get to know him!"A bad dream about my brother."The topic caught Nathan's attention swiftly as he grabbed the office chair that was once his closer and sat rapt with attention."What happened?""He was blaming me for still keeping you alive."Nathan didn't miss the sarcasm. Was she joking? Or could it be true?"From what you've told me, I believe your brother is haunting your dreams only because you haven't let him go."Adriana turned sour."Says the fellow responsible for his death. Tell me, Nathan, how do you sleep at night?"
• "With a light drink and homework. You know my sister died right?"