Somniphobia

Chapter 48. Destressed princess

Caleb POV
This was the tenth time I had gotten woken up to either Aria screaming in her sleep or full blown sobbing like someone was murdering her in her sleep.

Each time I woke up to her either screaming or crying mostly both at the same time I managed to convince her to fall asleep again. But by the tenth time I couldn't get myself to fall asleep anymore.

I was so tired but I was so worried about her that I just couldn't go to the sleep without tricking myself into hearing or thinking she was crying with every little move she made while she slept.

As soon as she moved an inch i woke up worried and scared for her. I didn't want anything to happen to her but it was obvious these nightmares she had were haunting her.

These nightmares were slowly killing her and making her afraid to even close her eyes and rest like she should. I didn't wanna do this but I think it's time she faced her parents and got some answers.

They were the ones who did this to her, who made her this terrified of sleeping and restless. She woke up in tears, shaking, drenched in cold sweat and confused.

When she woke up from these terrible nightmares she hardly understood what was reality and what was just a dream or nightmare.

The only way she could fall asleep was if I took off my shirt and she was laying right on top of me. Her nails were piercing through my skin on either sides of my arms as she hugged me tightly.

I could hardly breathe but I didn't dare to move or let out a breath too loud to wake her up out her precious sleep. I was worried for her even more now because she was pregnant.

So much stress on her wasn't good for her or the baby and I didn't want her thinking or feeling like she was harming our baby because she couldn't control her emotions while sleeping.

If I could somehow get into her head and take away all her bad dreams and fill her head with everything she loved I would do it in a heartbeat.

But there was nothing I could do and it pissed me off so bad I wanted to leave and torture her parents so badly they would beg her for forgiveness and beg me to end their miserable lives.

I hated seeing her scared and crying so badly. She woke up with a panic attack barely breathing and shaking terribly. It was honestly scary seeing her like that, it made my heart sink and hurt painfully. 

I barely let my emotions out but when it came to her I felt all kind of emotions that I barely understood but managed to get through.

She began to softly whimper in her sleep That's how I knew she was having a bad dream. I continued running my finger tips along her spine which kept her calm and relaxed enough to continue sleeping.

Her finger nails dug deeper into the side of my arms. Her soft whimpers quickly grew louder and I could feel her heartbeat rising, she was scared, afraid of something I had no control over.

She was scared of something more like someone and I couldn't keep them from hurting her. I had to deal with her suffering with these horrible nightmares and tell her everything is okay when all I want to do is kill whoever was scaring her so badly.

I knew it was mostly Elizabeth and Andrew and their going to get their karma very soon but it was something deeper than just them two that was making her nightmares this intense and terrible.

"Shhh, it's okay princess." I soothed to her softly. "D-Da-D-..." She struggled crying out. I held her tighter against me despite her digging her nails into my skin.

"Daddy's here baby, I've got you." I whispered to her calmly but my soothing, calm voice wasn't working anymore. She was now full blown crying, struggling to breathe properly.