chapter 8 This is not happening!

It's been a month since those men crossed our land . Nothing had happened since then which has irritated Luca. Me on the other hand,  I’m relieved that it honestly made it easier to keep my secret till I’m ready to tell it. The nightmares have returned, I guess even Luca can’t keep them away all the time, he's been working late and getting up early in the morning, leaving me alone in nothing but silence. Not that I don’t enjoy the time to myself, but that just leaves me and my thoughts to fill the silence. That night replays in my head over and over, the look on my brother's face when he found me, the fear in my fathers eyes from how he blamed himself. My brother told me Luca would be able to make all the pain and torment go away. But the only thing he seemed to fix was the loneliness I didn't know I had till we met. The darkness wraps around me, sinking me into deep thought. What if I didn't make it after that? Would the