Samantha I woke up late in the morning feeling exhausted and tired. I remembered what happened to me in bed, and it made me afraid. I had never experienced that kind of darkness and pressure before in my life. Whatever happened was unusual, and I hoped it never happened again. I looked at the window and saw that the sun was very much in the sky. I knew it was somehow close to the afternoon, getting the twins here would be impossible if I had to go myself, so I reached for my cell phone and called my mother. We had done some improvements to our settlement, so we had a cell network there now. I requested my mother send the twins over, and she promised she would do so as soon as possible. I hung up and was about to get off the bed when Alex entered with a breakfast tray smiling. "I felt you wake up," he said, kissing me and placing the tray on the bed so I could see what he brought. The spread was definitely not his making. Other than sandwiches, which he made for the twins often. "My

EllisI took a deep breath, gauging the situation. I honestly did not know where to start from, and William knew. He leaned close to me and kissed me passionately."You can tell me anything, Darling. I promise I won't be mad," he repeated, and I nodded and opened my mouth to speak. I did not feel comfortable speaking while sitting, so I stood up and began to pace back and forth in the parlour of our bedroom. William looked at me with a straight expression on his face, and I smiled at him nervously."I have been having nightmares for six months now. I thought they were just nightmares, and it would pass eventually. That was why I did not tell you. Soon they became more frequent and robbed me of my sleep. I would stay awake most of the night, afraid to close my eyes and be drawn back in. S

William What Ellis had told me scared me. Although I tried to maintain a brave facade, I was frightened deep down. How could she have been dealing with so much and not tell me? I felt sad. I had to hide my true feelings so she would not beat herself more than she already had. I knew we needed to take what she told me, seriously. She was a demi-god after all, and if Ephraim had confirmed it, then it was possible it would happen. I could not believe that Dinah had been trapped. I hated the god for a while, but we soon grew fond of her, and she was family to us. The thought of her being trapped somewhere broke my heart, and I knew Ellis missed her. I remembered my words to her when she warned me of the darkness. Had I somehow doomed myself by saying those words? I threatened that I would join forces with the darkness and come for her and the others. I was hurting when I said those words but with what Ellis had just told me. I regretted it severely. My wife lay in my arms, and I knew I n

Ellis I was worried as hell. It had been two days since William had been trapped in his sleep. None of us knew what to do. After I told him what happened, we stayed up all night, and everything felt right. He was planning a getaway trip for us. I was so excited about planning it that I woke up in the morning energised. I did not have a nightmare, and it felt great. At first, I thought he was tired and needed to rest, but when it was noon and he didn't wake up, I became worried. I tried to wake him up, but he did not move, he didn't budge, and that was when the alarm bells went off in my head. I linked the mages to join me immediately. Melena and Audrey were worried because of my tone. When they arrived in my bedroom, they realised why I was in distress. Now it had been over twenty-four hours, and he was yet to wake up. I sat by the bed crying. Audrey came to hold me, but I did not want her to hold me. I did not want anyone to hold me. I wanted William to hold me. I wanted him to wake

William I felt a bit disoriented when I woke up, and it was mainly because my body had been asleep for two days. After drinking some water, Ellis brought me soup, and I gladly ate it. We had been through a huge ordeal, and no one except us and maybe the Wildbreeds knew. After eating the soup, I placed a call to Alex. It took a while before he answered. I just needed to be sure Samantha was okay. "Hello," Alex said. "How is Sam?" I asked him, going straight to the point, and he sighed. "Thank you, William. I am grateful for what you did for my mate. She was asleep for two days. She told me Ellis was the one that got her out." he said, confirming what happened. "How is she?" I asked again because he hadn't answered my question Yet. "She is fine. Just bathed her and my mother had the hotel bring food," he said, and I relaxed. "If you do not mind, Sam and I would like to visit you and stay for a while because of the new development," he said, and I did not know how to feel about it.