CH 6

Mare awoke once again in Ash's warm embrace, his hands wrapped protectively over her tanned skin. Knowing she was safe with him Mare fell back into sleep her hand intertwining with Ash's as she did.

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Ash unravelled his body from Mare as he moved from the bed kissing her forehead as he did.

"I'll be back soon" he whispered again before creeping out of the room leaving the sleeping girl to be illuminated by the moonlight streaming in from the open window.

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"Ash" Mare called finding his warm touch gone

She looked around the empty room but found no traces of him. He was gone. She felt tears well up in her eyes as her body forced her to fall into her minds nightmare.

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Ash returned to the room expecting it to be peaceful just as he left it, but as soon as he was inside he noticed the change. Walking stealthily to the bed he saw Mare still their but no longer in a peaceful sleep, he body was twisting and writhing around trapping herself within the covers too. He pulled the covers away from her, releasing her from the trap she'd made for herself and pulled her into his arms holding her close as she fought against him.

"Mare" he called trying to wake her but she was trapped within her own nightmare.

Ash gently probed at her mind looking for a way in. in her mind he saw the glow of the night and found he was on top of the hill where they first met.

"Mare" he whispered seeing her standing in front of him

Walking to where she stood slid he looked down at where she was standing he saw the everlasting nightmare played out as a movie. Mare was standing before him no more than a metre away, in her arms she held a lazy ginger cat. The cat sprung from her arms suddenly hissing at her as it ran into the forest. Stopping at the tree where they first kissed Ash saw the cat change and become an exact copy of him. He saw as Mare came running up to the dream version of him and reached out, only her hand rippled through his body and he no longer saw her. The dream Ash turned away and left leaving Mare behind all alone. She collapsed to her knees inside she felt her heart breaking in two watching her love walking away without a second thought. Walking over Ash tried to touch her but she didn't notice, she was too trapped in her own nightmare to notice him and he wasn't strong enough with just telepathy to make her. Pulling back Ash emerge from her mind.

"I'm sorry" he whispered kissing her neck before sinking his teeth into her untouched skin.

Back in her mind he found her watching his dream-self walking away again.

"I'm not leaving Mare" he whispered catching her as she fell

Mare found herself looking at Ash, only he was no longer a dream he was real, she could tell and believe it with the mixture of his sincere eyes and the faint pink haze that sparked at his touch.

"I'm not leaving Mare, I promise you that. I'm sorry you had to wake up and find me gone, I wanted to stay but I had to feed."

Mare nodded slowly as he leaned down and kissed her, the nightmare faded from view and they returned together to the living still embraced in the kiss.

"You ok now?" he thought to her not breaking the kiss

"I'm fine Ash," she thought back kissing him deeper as she pulled him down onto the bed beside her before crawling into his arms

"You're so cute" he whispered causing her to hit him playfully as she lay peacefully in his arms.