He was tied to a chair with chains as Amelia stood next to Riley as she hanged from the ceiling. She was being torched but never once did she scream. Her mutation would kick in a heal the wound before it would become life threating. No matter how much he pleaded for her to stop only she never did.
"tell me what does she truly means to you? After all I was your wife? What could this unremarkable woman have that I do not. what the mark of code written on her back? Don't worry ill soon cut it off and place it on me then kill her."
Before he could speak riley did. "you won't win like this Amelia. You already have his heart what more could you want?"
His own heart broke at her words. How could she not know he loved her? That they were prefect for each other. Soon men appeared and started to grab her and say thing to her that made him sick to his stomach. They were her nightmares her farther, her mother boyfriend and her past boyfriends who only wanted to use her for there advantage. Most of the men he had only see in his renders when he went looking for anyone who has hurt his Riley. But now Amelia had tracked them down to torcher her.
"wait I killed you how are you alive! Get away from me!"
Wait she had killed him so how was he alive unless this was a dream and none of it was real. But I cannot risk it she could have hired someone to look like him. Right now, getting free and saving her was what mattered. Pulling at the chain they would not budge as Amelia straddled his lap and kissed him.
"oh well say goodbye" quickly Amelia pulled a gun, his own gun and shot Riley.
"NO!"
He jolted awake a quickly realized were he was more importantly who was curled up next to him. Shakely, he checked Riley for a pulse then relaxed. It was only a nightmare enhanced by the chip. God, I hated that thing sometimes. Sighing he turned pulling her closer to him and curled around her. Granted he want much of a cuddler but right now he needed the contact.
"nightmare?" of course it woke her up, so he just buried his head in her hair nodding. She wiggled deeper into his hold almost knowing what he needed was just to feal her being able to breath.
"want to talk about it?"
"not really, it was chip enhanced"
"how does that work?"
"makes it feel ten times more real."
She turned to him and cupped his face kissing him softly and wiped the tear that left his eyes. Ducking under his chin she settles into him and waited for him to clam back now. Slowly his breathing settles and his heart slowed down enough to were he was close to sleeping again when she spoke.
"I'm not going anywhere Gabriel"
"let's not test it"
"deal, you're not testing it either"
"deal, now go back to sleep your not going for your run this morning."
"fine but you're coming with me tomorrow"
He groaned and nodded passaging's her for the morning for now at least. He hated running but she had a point to always run of a morning when she could to stay, I shape. more likely to make sure she could run away from trouble or into it. knowing their luck, it was both. It was not long until she was back asleep. Looking down at her she was perfect. They had talked and agreed to take this slow, so it did not affect their work. To which surprisingly had no rule against soulmates being partners but was preferred and Lilian had already known about her mark from the beginning.
It was late and he did not want to leave so they shared her bed for the night. She was in shorts and a tank top where he was in his boxers and undershirt. She never hesitated on getting in the bed or even reacted when he wrapped his arm around her. Granted it was not the first time they have had to sleep like this, but it was always on a mission. This time thought there was no mission well there was one but trying to not wake up with a morning problem when she is latterly wrapped around him might be a problem. But as of right now he just wanted to go back to sleep without a nightmare. Besides in a real fight Riley would have gotten out of the chains and kicked Amelia's ass in a heartbeat.