Master of Surrender
“Were they under attack? She popped up from beneath the warm furs ready to shake Rohan awake. But the voice and the movement on the large bed were from the restless knight. He flailed in his sleep, his fists clenched at his side, his body taut as if some greater force held him down.
Sweat beaded his brow in the chilled air of the room. He had flung all of the pelts from his body and lay naked and exposed upon the bed. Harsh words in a language she did not understand came from him. The cords in h...is neck stood out as he grimaced in pain.
“I’ll see you in hell, Tariq!” he shouted, then flung his arms over his face as if to ward off some evil.
Isabel pressed a soothing hand to Rohan’s shoulder. “Rohan,” she softly said. He flung her hand away as if she were fire. His eyes, now open, stared wildly at her. “Rohan, it is but a night terror that troubles you,” she soothed.
He grabbed her by the shoulders. “A’isha?”
Isabel’s chest tightened. “Nay, Rohan, ’tis I, Isabel.”MoreLess
Sweat beaded his brow in the chilled air of the room. He had flung all of the pelts from his body and lay naked and exposed upon the bed. Harsh words in a language she did not understand came from him. The cords in h...is neck stood out as he grimaced in pain.
“I’ll see you in hell, Tariq!” he shouted, then flung his arms over his face as if to ward off some evil.
Isabel pressed a soothing hand to Rohan’s shoulder. “Rohan,” she softly said. He flung her hand away as if she were fire. His eyes, now open, stared wildly at her. “Rohan, it is but a night terror that troubles you,” she soothed.
He grabbed her by the shoulders. “A’isha?”
Isabel’s chest tightened. “Nay, Rohan, ’tis I, Isabel.”MoreLess
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