Surrender (2011)
“The snakes untwined from his body and slithered around me, wrapping me tight, squeezing the life from me. Just as they were covering my face and mouth, I woke. My heart raced and I couldn’t catch my breath. The sky outside my window was a crisp blue, and the scent of something sweet wafted from downstairs—but inside I knew something was wrong.
I reached under the extra pillow on my bed for my dagger.
“You sleep with a knife under your pillow? I had no idea.” Bennett sprawled in the chair beside... the dresser. He looked tense, but amused. “Did you have a nightmare?”
“How long have you been there? You scared me.” I started to calm down. “And I sleep with it in case I wake up and find a strange man in my bedroom.” I stuffed the dagger back under the pillow.
He held a paper cup with a plastic lid—it was the chai I’d smelled—and he’d started a blaze in the little fireplace. I’d missed having a fire since Nicholas was gone. But all I really cared about was that Bennett was back.MoreLess
I reached under the extra pillow on my bed for my dagger.
“You sleep with a knife under your pillow? I had no idea.” Bennett sprawled in the chair beside... the dresser. He looked tense, but amused. “Did you have a nightmare?”
“How long have you been there? You scared me.” I started to calm down. “And I sleep with it in case I wake up and find a strange man in my bedroom.” I stuffed the dagger back under the pillow.
He held a paper cup with a plastic lid—it was the chai I’d smelled—and he’d started a blaze in the little fireplace. I’d missed having a fire since Nicholas was gone. But all I really cared about was that Bennett was back.MoreLess
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