#Chapter 84 – Just a Small Gathering

I’m shocked, however, when I wake up a few hours later to find that we did not, indeed, go to the dream state. I spend a moment wondering what happened but then…well, I guess we didn’t need to, did we? Not curled up as we were all night long, tangled up in each other, sharing our dreams in a completely different way. So I just smile at my still-sleeping mate, admiring the sweep of his long eyelashes in the dark-blue light of early dawn. After a moment, though, I attune my hearing, wanting to know if Rafe and Jesse are up – if we’ve been caught… But no, I can hear them both still breathing the slow, heavy breaths that suggest they’ve slept soundly through the night. And so I risk it, turning over in my mate’s arms and wrapping his arm around me, pressing my back to his front and giving him a mental nudge down the bond, waking him up. Instantly, Luca’s arms tighten, pulling me closer against him. He takes a moment to come back to consciousness and I can almost feel him blinking awake