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with blood that was seeping from where a spear was lodged in its chest.  
    Jess took a step towards it but stopped as a squawking pierced the silence. She looked up to see a bird with the biggest wingspan she had ever seen circling over the wolf. As it swooped down, the wolf howled at it, and the bird soared back up out of reach. She heard a whimpering and, as she glanced back down, the wolf had vanished, replaced by a man. She ran to his side and dropped to her knees. As he rolled onto his back, she sobbed at the sight of his wounds.
    "Rob," she said, reaching out to him, to comfort him, save him.
    ***
    Rob watched as Jess stood frozen with her back to him and Emma. He glanced at Emma, who just shrugged in response. He turned back to Jess and said, "If you have a problem with me, Jess, then just tell me." He waited for a reply, but she just looked up at the ceiling before dropping to her knees and crying out his name. Running towards her, he quickly knelt in front of her. Her eyes were glazed, focused beyond him, and then she closed them and dropped her head.
    "Jess?" he said, as he took her outstretched hand.  
    She clutched his hand and stared up at him. Her gaze roamed over his chest. She let out a sob, and he pulled her against his chest, wrapping his arms tightly around her. He had no idea what was going on, but if he could stop the anguish he saw on her face, he would try everything in his power.
    As he stroked her hair, she let out a whimper. "Shh, you're fine." Her fingers dug into his chest, and he rested his chin on top of her head, his hand rubbing up and down her back.  
    "You." She leaned back to look up at him again. "You were hurt, bleeding. I thought you were dying."
    Well, shit. What was he supposed to say to that? "I'm fine, everything's fine." He pulled her back against his chest and held her tight.
    ***
    Later, as he took a seat at the table, Rob smiled when Emma passed him a plate. He stared down at it, thinking how surreal this was. Sunday lunch, like so many other families did. But he was guessing most didn't calmly discuss visions and missing brothers beforehand. After he had reassured Jess that he was fine, no injuries, she finally started to calm down. The four of them had sat in the living room, and Emma had told him about her visions, and meeting Matt.  
    Matt described his own dreams, and the attacks on both Emma and him, which ended in them trying to kill whatever was behind the attacks. Rob couldn't believe all this had been going on, and he hadn't noticed. He remembered the red mark on Matt's neck, and how he'd given him some grief about what he and Emma were getting up to. If he'd known the truth ...
    He glanced up, but both Matt and Emma were busy eating. Jess was pretending to eat, but in reality was just pushing her food around the plate. Emma told him about Jess's first vision. And then, reluctantly, Jess had told them all about her last vision and what had happened earlier that day. 
    Rob went to pick up a fork but took a sip of his wine instead. The sound of cutlery hitting the table got his attention. He expected Jess to be leaving, but instead Emma was staring straight at him. He fidgeted in his chair, wondering what he'd done. Emma pushed her plate away.
    "I know you don't want to hear this, Jess, but I think Rob is involved in this."
    All heads turned in her direction, and he held his breath.
    Matt put his knife and fork down, glanced at Jess, and then turned to Emma. "I don't want to hear it either," he said. "The fewer people involved in this, the better, but I think you're right, Ems. Your visions were about me, and James. You and I ended up together, and then we found James's body."
    "You're wrong," Jess said, so quietly Rob almost didn't hear it. Her head bowed over her plate, and he just wanted to hold her, wrap her up, safe from everything and everyone. They all waited, wondering why she thought that. She looked up at Matt then. "My ... my visions had Miles in them too.