Her Heart, His obsession

111. The Warrior Dreams

Sabrina was sitting on a chair and looking worriedly at the unconscious form of Octavian on his bed. He had collapsed shortly after the pack's meeting with the healer coven and Alpha Augustus had left him in his room with Sabrina for the past few hours. A scared Tanzanite had been asked to check up on Octavian and her verdict was that he was just fine. Apparently when Octavian had an outburst and his eyes turned turquoise, his body needed some rest to recover.

Sabrina was now trying to occupy herself by reading a book unsuccessfully. She was really concerned for Octavian who was out cold and with her healing skills even she was at loss for words about how to help Octavian. Just when Sabrina thought she had hours of waiting left, Octavian opened his eyes. He took a deep breath and sat up quickly looking around.

"Sabrina... What time of day is this? What happened? Has Dante Ronas attacked yet?" Octavian grabbed Sabrina's shoulders and looked at her expectantly for answers.

Sabrina sighed " Well, you have been unconscious for the past five hours. After the meeting with the coven you collapsed. But don't worry. No Ronas has come to this region yet. War hasn't started."

Octavian looked troubled and his eyes looked sad for some reason. He let go of Sabrina and laid back down on the bed.

Sabrina questioned; "Are you well? Do you want me to call your father? What's the matter Octavian?"

Octavian laughed bitterly " I can't understand myself what is wrong with me Sabrina. I feel totally lost. I had a nightmare just now only just it was reality."

Sabrina looked baffled " How do you mean?"

Octavian stared into space and spoke with a far away look " What I saw in my nightmare actually happened years ago. When I was 5 years old to be exact. I remembered the rooms where it happened until now but never recalled the words or faces in the scenes. Now the whole memory came to me in one go."

Sabrina walked from her chair to Octavians bed and sat down cautiously next to his form and held his hand. " Do you want to talk about it?"

Octavian nodded " If you don't mind. It would help me to share it with you Sabrina. But you must promise not to tell anyone about it. Not even my father. Can you promise that."

Sabrina nodded " Of course. But your father loves you and cares for you. Why are you intending to hide this nightmare from him."

Octavian shrugged " I have a feeling, it's best not to tell him. It does not involve his favourite people on earth."

Sabrina was more worried now " Just tell me. You are worrying me here."

Octavian sighed " Fine. I will tell you but this nightmare is from point of view of a 5 year old. There are pieces of it that are missing. Parts of it make no sense. "

Sabrina nodded " I understand. Where does it take place. Who is on your nightmare?"

Octavian spoke " Well lets start from the beginning. It was summer time. My mother took me to my grandparents house who lived in a mansion right on the border of Arkansas and the central territory near sacred river."

Sabrina frowned " I thought you said your mother never let you see your grandparents."

Octavian nodded " No. She never did. But apparently when I was 5, we met. No wonder I forgot about this memory. My grandparents are scary people. Even in the memory I could feel myself trembling. Especially since I was ..... Eavesdropping."

Sabrina gasped " Oh no. Did you get caught."

Octavian smiled sadly " It don't matter. What matters is what I heard." Sabrina nodded and gave Octavians hand a squeeze to continue. He sighed and spoke "Well, the dream started after dinner time when I was sent to bed. I didn't stay in my room of course. I wondered off and landed myself in a large chamber decorated with dusty books and ancient artefacts. That's when I heard arguing and people approaching. I quickly claimed up in top of a book shelf in the far corner of the room and layed on top of it looking down." He smiled " Well I was so small back then. I easily fit in and concealed myself with a spell."