#Chapter 72 – Brunch

Unfortunately, that night when I go into the dream state, Luca isn’t there. Anxiety whirs in me as I turn around in the birch forest, looking for him, but it’s…definitely just me by myself. I frown, trying to feel him…is he just…not asleep? And there’s…certainly something there. It’s almost like I can…feel him sleeping down the bond. There’s a deep rest there, and a stillness, but… I don’t know. It’s almost like he’s not dreaming, not at all. I sigh, working very hard not to take it personally, and then I will the dream to end. I wake up for a moment in my little nook, frowning, wondering ridiculously if I should just…go downstairs and knock on his door, make sure that he’s okay. But no – Rafe was really upset when he came back to the room. And not just pissed that I didn’t follow the plan to the letter, but genuinely worried for me. His shoulders had been trembling when I had come out of the shower and he had wrapped me in a big hug, scolding me but holding me close nonetheless.