Chapter 22

ADRIANA

Mum has been keeping a close eye on me. She tried not to make it obvious, but I still noticed. The training she had me go through made sure I was always on my guard.

It has been three days since the weird dream about Xander. And I find myself reliving one part of it every time.

His promise.

I tried, oh, I tried so much to tell myself it was just a dream. My subconscious made it up because I was too worried about him and always thinking of him.

Logic said, I should do nothing and I should stop giving it the time of day. But a more realistic part of me, the one in touch with emotions said there was more to it than that. And that the logical side of me was wrong.

So, not only was I fighting all my other battles. I had to deal with a war within myself in the mix.

It has been a busy week. Heck, a busy month.

Just three weeks with Xander back in my life and it was already blowing up. If I didn't know how big of a bad news he was