Dani's Harem [Reverse Harem]

Nathan - This is not the cave of dreams

Whispering around me slowly draws me from sleep, I attempt to open my eyes but they are weighed down. Ignoring the whispering, for now, I take note of my body and any current aches and pains. I can feel slight burns on my arms and recognize the pain from many cuts, Unfortunately, something I've had experienced in the past. I try to open my eyes once more, but they only flutter. The light pierces my eyeballs and I wince, right, so concussion then. Thinking about it my temple on one side throbs and there is a slight pounding in my head. Great, cut up and possibly a concussion, unknown surroundings, and unknown individuals whispering somewhere close by.

I stop trying to open my eyes and do my best to remember what happened, I listen to the whispering coming from around me and something about the cadence of the voice jolts me. I know that voice, it is familiar, but why? Then as if I'm punched in the face with reality it all floods back to me. The girl, Jock, escaping the house and fighting a huge giant of a guy and then nothing. 

Adrenaline dumps into my bloodstream and I sit bolt up and open my eyes, searching around. Panic is flooding my body and I reach for my gun when I see nobody. I turn my body to the back of the room and release a sigh of relief when her eyes meet mine. With Jock on the floor beside her. My hand connects with my side and I realize I have no weapons on me right now, someone has removed them, a quick pat of the hand to my ankle confirms it - even the concealed flick knife is gone. I feel naked and unprepared for what lies ahead for the first time in a long time, I feel unease fill me like a cold clammy hand it wraps around my jangled nerves, I need a weapon and fast.

She jumps up from the floor and runs towards me and throws herself into my arms squeezing me and babbling about her worries about me being dead or in a coma before I can ask her what is going on.  Holding her close, squashing the urge to shove her behind the wall of my body for protection, my gaze connects with Jock who rolls his eyes and slumps back down on the ground while keeping his eyes on us. 

When Dani finally lets me go, her cheeks are bright red and she is looking at everything but me. "Well, that was quite the wake-up call Dani - You alright?" I ask her with a little humor hoping to make her smile despite the dire circumstances.

"I was so worried about you! You were just lying there and I didn't know if you were going to wake up, ever! Then this big scary looking guy came, and we went Poof and now we are here in a freaking cave somehow! I don't even know what happened, one second we were in the woods and you were laying on the ground and then he turns up and takes my hand and then we are here and I don't understand anything that is going on, I am so confused!"

Then once again I am holding Dani but this time she is sobbing in my arms somewhat hysterically. I quietly tell her that everything will be okay and slowly rub her back as she cries on my shoulder. Jock just looks at her forlornly and I once again question his strangeness around Dani. He has always been really astute, but I have never really questioned it because I was so God damned lonely and needed someone even if that was an overly smart bear-dog.

I look around the room and my body stiffens, I turn my head to find that I was laying on a slightly raised slab of rock and further investigation see that the whole room is more like a cave, the walls are stone, the floor is dirt and there is a hole in the corner of the room. I look around for a door or entrance and find nothing. It looks as if we have been dropped into a hole with no exit, looking up I see a rock roof so we didn't get in that way.

Confused, I turn my head to look around once more and then softly push Dani away from me to meet her eyes and I ask the question I really don't want to as I dread the answer because everything has been weird since I found her in my woods. 

"Dani, what happened?"

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Thanks for sticking with me guys. With Covid and trying to move house to care for my mother and sister, things have been really hectic for us this last year. Hopefully, I will be back to writing on the regular in the new year when we are all finally settled. 

I have got the next chapter partially finished so keep your eyes peeled.

Please stay safe and take care of yourself and your loved ones. 

Roxell.