Chapter 55

Hands, strong, confident and persisting glided over her skin, to slowly coax her back to the land of living. Vanessa struggled to listen to it. If she could stay where she was, she would've found a whole new world. But they were bordering on shaking her now and despite her desire to stay here, she knew a warm body was waiting for her. One she, even in the state of chaos, can't turn down.

Noah drew her to him. Her pale skin had been a thing of fascination, but now it haunted him. She looked ghostly. He knew of her nightmares. He had reduced them to stress or a childhood trauma along with her sleepwalking. But this has unruly written all over it. Now that he'd seen the extent of it, he worried. And his wolf agitated. Something wasn't right and he didn't think she had any idea about it.

Vanessa was sweating with multiplied frenzy. The nightmares began slowly, this one was violent and crushing. Her body temperature rose but she sought respite in his arms and didn't want to push away. No