Sleepless Sanctuary

Clara

My nightmares were worse than ever before the night after my second session with Cyrus, and I wake thrashing in my nest, with Matthias hovering above me, shaking me vigorously. I shriek and recoil, and he backs away from me with his hands outstretched in apology. “It’s okay, I’m sorry.” He breathes, “I didn’t know how else to wake you.”

I gulp in a few gasps of air, trying to calm my rac