A Nightmare

Lisa. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t fall asleep. I pushed from the bed Xavius and I shared and padded across the room to switch on the light. Who was I kidding? There was no way in hell I’d be able to fall asleep while the love of my life is out risking his life for us. My heart constricted. If anything happened to him, I knew there was no way I’d survive it. I could barely eat since he dropped the bomb on me, and told me of their plan. As much as I was against it, I knew it had to be done. We were merely a few compared to the lives that would be lost if Drakan went through with his plan. It was a chance and goodness forbid, may it not be the case—sacrifice we had to make for the greater good. I placed my hand on my belly and circled over it a few times, sighing. “Daddy will be okay. He’ll come home to us, and all will be back to normal.” Despite my words, there was a horrible feeling expanding inside my chest, one of emptiness and loss. “No. Gone with you. He’s going to be ju