Chapter 22.

The morning sun creeps in and I'm welcomed by a heartbeat beneath my ear, as well as a hard chest. I feel eyes on me and that's when everything starts to come back to me. In the early hours of the morning one of my nightmares had taken over, I caught myself screaming and was about to wallow in the darkness but everything changed, when Connor was here and with no questions asked, he comforted me and let me depend on him for strength, he was here again and had stayed with me.

Looking up at him with my chin on his chest, I see him smiling down at me." Morning." I say, my voice a little croaky due to the morning effect.

" Good morning to you too." He says and like that, we remain looking at each other.

Breaking the moment I move away so I can sit upright.

" Nice to know you snore." He teases and I frown at him.

" I do not!" I protest .

" Umm, I had to block my ears thank