Nightmares ; Bonkai

chapter 24

Bonnie didn't want to be so close to Kai's room but she found the one next door to be her new bedroom away from bedroom; the place where she could fall asleep comfortably and not wake up in a disoriented daze not knowing where she was. The main problem with the room is that the door didn't come with a lock and the guy who's having random outbursts was on the other side.

"I'm not letting you in," she said sitting down with her back pressed against the door, refusing to make it easy if he did try and walk in.

"I just want to talk to you for a minute."

"Nope," she chirped, "maybe another day."

"Bonnie please, I don't... know what happened. I saw-"he hesitated. "You know this would be a lot easier to do if I wasn't talking to an inanimate object.

"Too bad," she huffed.

She heard him sigh; a small thud of what was most likely his forehead leaning on the door.

"My head felt like it was exploding with aneurisms, and I couldn't see, let alone think, and when I turned back I saw my dad. And then he was standing five feet away, staring me down with his arms raised and the pain wouldn't stop. I was just... trying to stop him."

She reached up to her throat, her trembling breath giving away how shaky she really was. Her mind tried to process how the person who just put his hands on her so violently could be the same person who she spent half the night in the cave with. How his eyes that she's gotten used to seeing in shades of fire from simmering to scorching with hunger could change to ice cold; distant and cynical. She felt a shiver rack her body and pulled her knees up.

He tapped his fingers lightly against the wood.

"Open the door."

She squeezed her eyes shut, resting her cheek against her knees playing out flashes of what just happened. She shook her head and felt his hands trailing across her body and between her legs, letting out a groan as she squeezed her eyes tighter.

Her memory went back farther, pausing on a memory of her discussion with Joshua Parker about his intentions against his son.

"I can weaken him from the inside; nightmares and voices in his head, hallucinations and outbursts to break him down physically."

She bounced her forehead off of her knee a few times at her carelessness; being warned about what was coming but doing nothing about it because she thought she would have more time. What's worse, she was so wrapped up in her own worries she never informed Kai of his father's threats.

"You still there?" she mumbled.

"Yes."

"Your dad said something to me before, I forgot to tell you with what's recently been going on but his plan for you... it starts by breaking you down. Nightmares, voices in your head, and... hallucinations."

"What else did he say?" his tone sounded more jaded.

She tried to run through their conversation as best she could.

"That he had a plan, and needed a little more time to complete the spell. He was trying to weaken you mentally with nightmares and hallucinations so he could get to you physically. He said you were too dangerous, and that if I tried anything to help you then there's a chance neither of us would make it out of here."

"Fantastic," he grumbled. "Anything else you feel like sharing?"

"Yeah, you just looked scary as hell and not making me feel too great about my attempt to bring you back to Mystic Falls." Her adrenaline and prickling sense of fear had her thoughts scattered.