Chapter 17 The Nightmare

• “Enrick!”
• Drina yanks up from her sleep with a scream. Disoriented, she first stares in front of her and then looks around the room. She realizes she is home in her own bed, not in Midnight Moon, next to her mate. His name came out before she even thought about it. In her dreams, she saw him with the malicious grinning Alcina in his arms as he stared at her with so much hatred.
• Over the next few weeks, she must physically recover before meeting Enrick again. But the nightmare she just woke up from makes her realize that something is terribly wrong. What she feared for years and wanted to protect her mate from, now seems to have presented itself. As she looks around her room, she realizes that Enrick is not only the center of her concern, her responsibilities go far beyond her mate. Sweat of fear breaks out on her forehead, this whole debacle is getting serious now. She quickly throws off the covers and inspects the cribs beside her bed. Fortunately, they all sleep through the night, her scream has gone unnoticed.