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Chapter 43

"No!" I scream as I shoot up in a sitting position in bed.

Casper immediately rushes out of the closet to me and starts rubbing my back, "Are you okay?"

Tears run down my cheek and I turn towards him, I hold his face, turning it in my hands to inspect it before letting out a breath of relief and hugging him.

"Nightmare?" He softly asks.

I nod and hug him tighter as I let my tears fall,"It was a nightmare but It seemed so real"

"Did anything bad happen?"

"You were—" I choke up,"—killed."

He hugs me tighter,"Nothing will ever happen to me, I promise you that."

I look up at him,"You promise?"

"Promise."

We stay like that for a few minutes before I reluctantly let go, "You can still hold onto me if you want to." He tells me but I just shake my head.
"You've been really busy lately and I don't want to hold you back."

I notice it's bright out and he was probably getting ready to leave for work. "Don't be ridiculous." He tries to climb back in bed but I push him back.

"I'll just have my bath and join you soon okay?"

He hesitates before just kissing me and leaving the room. Immediately he leaves, I sigh and bury my face in my hands, "what the fuck was that?" I stay in that position for a long time just thinking about the dream before I stand up and take a quick shower.

I dress up in one of his sweatshirts and short shorts before quickly passing a comb through my hair. I leave his room and slowly enter his office. He raises his head from the file he's looking at.

"Come here." He says and scoots his chair back. I walk behind the big desk to him and plop down in his lap. He wraps his arms around me as my back press against his chest.

"Why aren't you at the office?"

"Do you really think I'd leave you alone after you woke up screaming?"

We don't say anything else for a while.

"Do you feel better?" He asks and I nod. "You can get back to work." I tell him and pick a letter from the stack of papers on his desk. He just kisses my head softly before picking up the file he was reading.

We stay like that with him occasionally stroking my hair or kissing the barely exposed part of my neck. "Red river pack wants me to inspect some weird things happening in their pack urgently." He tells me and I know he's silently asking for my permission.

"I think you should go."

"You sure?"

I nod and look properly at the letter of in my hand. "It seems that silver pack also needs urgent attention." I murmur.

"Let me see that." I hand him the paper and he reads it before running a hand through his hair,"shit. They both need urgent attention. What do I do?"

"You could go to red river pack while I go to silver pack."

He frowns at my words but I continue, "They both need urgent attention and we can't just leave one waiting for while attend to the other"

"I could send Victor to see what's wrong."

"I'm sure he's busy you know. I'm the luna, you should be falling back to me for help before your Beta." I cross my arms.

He looks like he's not even considering it and I get up from my position on his lap,"Come on don't be like that." He says as I make my way towards the couch in his office.