My Bloody Revenge novel Chapter 31

"Naughty, naughty little girl you are..."

Evil laughter

"Found you and now you will be punished."

Sounds of chains being dragged on the floor

Several people laughing and shouting. Moaning. Begging.

Standing still she searches for the source of the sounds but only complete darkness surrounds

her. Tremors of fear assaults her body. Elmir is close by. Lyra can feel his presence and turns to

run only to find herself paralyzed. Not a single limb moves. Panic spreads like wildfire.

Choking on a scream Lyra sits up in bed. Heart pounding a mile a minute. Looking around

frantically she quickly searches for a light switch. The view of her wonderful room with different

shades of green slowly calms down her frantic heart.

Another nightmare.

Glancing at the time she tiredly rubs her face when it's only around three in the morning. The

nightmares are getting worse again. More frequent. She was happy for a short period of time

when the memories didn't torment her and naively hoped they had stopped completely. This

proves just how naive she really is. Throwing the covers aside she gets out of the bed and the

room and lightly tip toes her way over to Jaze’s door. Not the first time being here she simply

lets herself inside and resumes tip toeing all the way to his bed. Climbing in she curls up next to

his sleeping form.

"Nightmare?" his raspy voice echoes in the darkness.

"Yeah..." Snuggling closer she breathes him in.

"I'll keep you safe." Jaze tucks her away against his chest and snakes his arms around her

smaller frame. Fingers combing through her thick hair just the way she likes it. "Wanna talk

about it?"

"Not really..." Resting her head on his chest she allows sleep to claim her again knowing Jaze

will keep the bad memories away. It feels as if only five minutes has passed when something or

someone tries to capture her attention. Faint sounds flicker in then out as she keeps going in

and out of sleep.

"...ek....sle....ead...."

Groaning she moves in hopes of getting away from whoever it is trying to ruin her slumber.

Sadly, those hopes are crushed when something wet and cold attacks her face, causing her to

more or less roll out of the bed.

Lydoran is standing by the bed smiling widely. "Morning sleepy head."

".....What..eh...what was that?" she asks rubbing the sleep away.

"That was a cold, wet towel. I put it in the freezer before dropping it on your sleeping face."

Grateful for being woken by a towel and not a bucked filled with ice and water she slowly raises

from the floor. “Where is Jaze?" she asks yawning

"Work so it’s only you and me today. Take a shower and come eat. Made you waffles." Lydoran

affectionately ruffles her hair and kisses her forehead then leaves so she can get ready. Leaving

Jaze’s room for her own she takes a steaming shower washing away the nights unpleasant

dreams then quickly dries, brushes and puts clothes on and heads for the kitchen.

"Smells yummy." she smiles taking a seat. Handing her a plate filled with waffles, vanilla ice

cream and strawberries she tucks in, happily munching and loving every bite.

"Hey, Lyd?"

"Yes, love?"

"I have been wondering about something...." she starts getting insecure about voicing her

thoughts.

"What about?" Lydoran finishes cleaning up and takes a seat next to her.

Eating the last pieces, she wipes her mouth and turns to look at him. "Where are you from

originally? You have wonderful cinnamon colored skin and unusual eyes that looks more silver

than grey and they really stand out. In a good way." She quickly adds.

"India. Don't exactly remember where in India. My family traveled together with ten or fifteen

other people and some days the group grew larger as we came closer to a town or village. We