32. Nightmare

"Argh!"

Ullric, who had been observing Lulla's sleeping face, jumped when his mate suddenly screamed and struggled in her sleep. Ullric tried to wake Lulla from her sleep after that. And as soon as Lulla's eyes opened, tears fell from the girl's eyes.

"Lulla ...."

Once Ullric realized that Lulla seemed to have just had a nightmare, the man began to reflect on his decision to just let Lulla hear everything at the meeting. Lulla was not ready to face her past. Seeing her cry was like opening a wound in Ullric's heart.

For a few moments, the quiet room was only filled with the sound of Lulla's stifled cries. Ullric knew that Lulla did not want to talk about her past. So, to honor that decision, Ullric could only silently comfort Lulla without asking about what the girl had dreamed.

"I saw my father die in front of me, Ullric."

After a while, Lulla, who had finally calmed down, began to speak to her dead father. Although her speech was slow and soft, Ullric listened carefully withou