Chapter 29: Chapter 29: A Gentle Sin

Julien’s POV

Bedroom

I get up to go to the bathroom and my body protests the chill prickling my manhood and shoulders. I can’t wait to get back under the covers with Cionna and drift back to sleep. I had begun washing my hands when I heard it. Cionna’s scream.

I rush into the bedroom to find her tossing and turning across the bed. I move to her side to find her body covered in sweat and tears streaming down her cheeks. She is screaming and wailing as her body thrashes. What the hell is happening?

I climb over her body to try and get her to settle, but she continues to throw herself against the mattress. I’m convinced she is having a bad dream until a bright red line forms on her upper arm and begins to bleed. My eyes widen at the injury and immediately I know the state she is in isn’t natural.

I scramble for a solution until I hear Cionna call out.

“Julien! Please! Help. I can’t be here.”