Elias and I were lying in bed, his chest pressed against my back as he gently kissed my shoulder.
“Are you okay?” he asked softly.
“Yeah. I feel really good,” I replied, letting out a yawn. Elias chuckled and kissed my shoulder again.
“Get some sleep. I’ll still be here when you wake up,” he murmured.
I was surprised at how quickly I drifted off, and almost instantly I found myself in a place I’d never seen before.
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“Alpha, the vampires are getting closer,” a warrior reported. This Alpha looked different from the one in my earlier dream—his clothes were more modern, placing him a few centuries after the first King I had seen.
“The shield over the castle will hold. We’ll be fine,” the King replied.
“I know that, sir. But it’s the warriors outside the barrier I’m worri
