chapter 9

Raphael Stars...

I rolled around in bed, trying to find a comfortable position to fall asleep.

Like always, sleep was not going to come.

Each night I come to bed, I'd struggle to sleep, even after I'd moved rooms.

A few years back, I was still sleeping in that bed, in the room next to the nursery. The room was filled with too may memories that I could never get a decent sleep.

When father suggested that I move to another room so I could get better sleep, I did just that. But it never worked.

My mind would constantly travel to the nursery I was building and to the bedroom right beside it.

They never left my mind. Even after ten years, they keep visiting me at night.

Letting out a heavy sigh, I rolled to my back and stared up at the ceiling.

My head was throbbing and my body was exhausted but I still couldn't sleep. It was as if my mind was too scared to show me images of what I'd lost again.

I let out another sigh

I could count sheep but that would just make my wolf hungry. A h