had no idea...it was a trap.” His eyes grew earnest and
he spoke quickly, as if he only had a limited time to speak. “Anna,
I’m real. I’m still here. I will return to you. Please, tell my
father I’m here.”
“No!” she yelled suddenly, pushing away
the ache in her heart. “No! You’re dead! You abandoned me!” She
shook her head and searched desperately for a way out.
“Anna....” His voice echoed in her
ears.
She felt a brush against her shoulder and
the vision faded.
*****
“No!” she screamed and sat up in bed. Her
chest heaved as she gasped for breath.
Where am I?
“Anna.
Engel
.” Warm arms wrapped
around her and held her as she began to sob.
She shook her head. “I don't want to dream
about him!” she cried, pounding her fists on her legs.
The arms tightened around her. “Shh, it is
okay, Anna.” He rocked her and held her head. “It is okay, Anna.
Everything will be all right.”
“What happened? Is she all right?”
Anna heard footsteps and then the mattress
moved next to her. She felt a hand on hers.
“She was talking in her sleep and then she
yelled and woke up. It...sounded like she was dreaming about
Alex.”
Anna’s sobs quieted and the room became
quiet.
“Alex? Anna did you dream about Alex?”
She nodded. “I don’t want to dream about
him,” she sobbed. “I don’t want to remember him.”
“What was your dream about?”
She shook her head. “I don’t want to
remember.”
“Please tell me,
Liebling.
I want to
know.”
Anna began to tell him about the room and the
man she saw. She didn’t want to say his name. “He said it was...a
trap. That he was real and that he would return to me.” She started
to cry again. “Why do I have such horrible dreams?” Alex would
never return to her. Why did her mind play such tricks on her?
“Have you dreamed of him before?”
She nodded. “I always sleep with the TV on so
the dreams stay away.”
“Did he say anything else,
Liebling
?”
Anna swallowed. “He said to tell you that he
was there.” She shook her head. “I don’t know why I keep dreaming
about him. I hate him.”
There was a long silence and then she was
gently pulled back down to the bed. “Go back to sleep,
Engel.
I will turn the TV on.”
She heard the sounds of late night TV and
drifted off to dreamless sleep.
Chapter Six
Anna woke to an empty bed the next morning. A
white hotel robe lay across the foot of the bed, and she put it on
before wandering out to the living room. Kurt and Wilhelm sat on
the couch, talking quietly and drinking coffee. A plate of fruit
and pastries sat on the coffee table in front of them.
“Guten Morgen
,
Engel,
” Kurt
said with a warm smile.
“Hi,” she said shyly.
Kurt held out his hand and she sat between
him and Wilhelm on the couch, curled up against Kurt’s chest. She
felt content and happy. Kurt had made her feel so good and loved
the previous night. He was still an incredible lover.
“Anna, how would you like to come to Germany
for a couple of weeks?” Wilhelm asked.
Anna blinked. She’d told herself she never
wanted to go back there. Now...she wasn’t so sure. After all, Kurt
would have to be going back soon. He couldn’t leave his kids for
long.
“I...don’t know,” she answered honestly.
“I would love it if you came home with us,”
Kurt said, nuzzling her ear.
She smiled shyly. “Maybe....”
Kurt kissed her behind the ear and she
sighed. Oh, what would it be like to be with him all the time? He
put his hand on her hip and massaged the area just above her
hipbone that he had discovered was sensitive last night.
She giggled. “Are you trying to seduce me
into saying yes?”
Both men chuckled. “Is it working?” Kurt
asked in a low, seductive voice.
“Maybe,” she admitted and moaned as his hand
moved down to her thigh and under her robe. His fingers trailed up
her inner thigh and brushed against her outer pussy lips.
Her eyes closed as his fingers found her
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