Twenty two

Alexa was struck with a nightmare playing over in her head. One that kept playing over again and again. The hitting, the penetration, the threats and they all started with someone lying on her in between her thighs. Then kissing her neck while his hands rested on her mouth before the threats started.  Those were the sequence of what happened every single time he came over. More than seven times. 

But Jared was not like that, Jared was her husband and he was the one holding her. When that knowledge penetrated her head. She started to fight out of her nightmare, something which happened years ago and should hold no power over her again and when she finally came to herself, she felt her body being rocked in arms that were familiar as Jared voice kept on telling her that she was okay and she would be okay. For better or worse. 

She lifted her hear to look at Jared who sighed with relief over that fact that she was looking at him and seeing him. "Alexa.