Bloodline Divine 2-The Rise to Fall

Chapter 29

The morning of

SummerSlam

I couldn't sleep that night, my mind kept racing on what was going to happen at SummerSlam. The more I tossed and turned the more the stress seemed to build in my chest. By one in the morning, I hadn't slept at all and was in a near panic attack as I couldn't seem to calm myself down. I didn't have Roman to reach over to, to help me. I'd never felt like this and I didn't know what to do. This had nothing to do with The Wild One this was just me straight up having a panic attack. I was afraid to lose this family I'd been given. I kicked the comforter off of me as I was sweating so bad and I clutched at my chest as the tightness was getting worse.

I really didn't want to bug him because I knew he was asleep. He had a big day ahead of him but I needed to control what was happening to me before I ended up in the hospital. I knew just hearing his voice, his reassurance was the only thing that was going to save me at this moment. I reached across to the nightstand to grab my phone but my hand was shaking as the clock turned over to one-twenty am. I rubbed my palm on my blanket trying to get it dry from the sweat so I could use the phone. Still shaking I pulled Roman's number up and dialed it. I put it on speaker and laid the phone next to my head. If he didn't answer I think was going to spiral and with each ring the anxiety coursing through me grew. On the third ring it stopped there was some shuffling and then Roman's sleepy voice came on and I hated myself for waking him up.

"Wildfire?" he asked confused with his sleep clearly in his speech.

"Ch-Chief," I stuttered out on the verge of tears. At this point Roman knew me so well that he knew something was wrong the second he heard me speak.

"Briar what is it? What's wrong?" he asked more alert but concerned.

"I'm sor-ry I wo-oke you. I tried not to, but I-I didn't kn-now what else t-to do," I said my voice shaking to get the words out.

"It's okay, what's going on?" he asked again.

"I-I think I'm ha-aving a panic at-tack, I'm ssscared Chief."

"Listen to me Briar, you're going to be okay, I'm right here with you, just focus on breathing, nice slow breaths," he said in a low calming voice which the second I heard his voice when he answered was helping. I never thought someone could be my peace, my security blanket but here I was calling the Tribal Chief of WWE to bring me down from the panic I was causing myself. "Are you still with me Briar? Are you breathing slowly."

"Y-yes Ch-chief just ke-keep talking t-to me, your voice helps," I breathed out.

"Alright Wildfire, I'm right here with you, I wish I could hold you but I promise the second I can, I will be. I need you to just relax, do you want me to tell you a story?"

"I'll listen t-to any-anything you t-tell me," I answered.

"That'd be a first," he stated and I found myself smile at that and my chest started squeezing less and less.

"I always want t-to listen t-to y-you I just can't help but d-do what I-I feel I need to it's an internal str-struggle," I told him.

"I know it is and I'm glad you called me, if I found out about this after the fact, I'd be even more upset I couldn't be there or do anything for you," he said.

"I-I miss you Chief, I-I wish you were right next to m-me right n-now."

"I know, I know," he replied and I heard the softness, the love in his voice that he only reserved for me. After another fifteen minutes of talking, I found myself calmed down but my body felt like lead and weighted me down since I was so tensed up for so long and exhaustion was quickly coming over me.