Chapter 87: Waking Up

By telling Celine his stories, Martin mentally stepped back into those nightmares. The more detailed he had told her, the more vivid those images in his head. Celine knew that although the event that he told her happened only once, he had been ruminating about it countless times.

Still, she respected Martin for still forcing the words out of himself to tell her. He wanted her to understand him and stay by his side, and that was exactly what she planned to do.

“Martin…” She said his name softly.

“Come here… come closer to me…” She smiled at him and spread her arms. She controlled her voice to be calm and steady. She tried anyway.

He was afraid. He was afraid of his memories. And the only thing she could do was to be here, to be here for him. At least he was aware that he wasn’t alone and she would never hurt him.

“There is no need to fear me… just come closer to me.”

Martin’s tall figure now looked weak and frail. He looked up at her briefly and looked down once more. He was l