Nightmares were surprisingly uncommon during their stay in Switzerland, but not unheard of. While most nights found Soren exhausted and yet jerking into consciousness without a memory of why he bolted to alertness shortly after, incapable of sleeping and resigned to starting the day yet again, sometimes he remembered. Sometimes he thought about the sound of gurgling breath, he thought about hands hitting skin, and he was filled with the need to make sure his family was safe.Β
Despite the fact it was pre-dawn, Soren found himself dressing in the dark and beginning to move from room to room to make sure his people were safe. Anneliese was his first stop, the youngest and most helpless, and then it would be his siblings. Maybe it was foolish to worry about people trained to be warriors, especially because of a bad dream, but when Soren found himself confronted with an awake Signe, it didnβt seem foolish at all.Β βAre you okay?β The question came before any explanation of why he was there, any greeting or reassurance.Β βAre you okay?β @ofdevotiionsβ
