Page 12 of Seer

Heat surrounds me as an awful buzzing noise sounds in the distance. I’m coughing, and my eyes are burning so bad that I can barely see my bedroom door.

FIRE.

I stumble out of bed and run for the stairs when I hear a mumbled voice calling for help. Shit, that’s Mrs. LeBlanc. I can’t leave her. I rush for her door and throw it open.

Her two cats immediately dart past me and meow at the front door. Mrs. LeBlanc crawls towards me, and behind her, the entire wall is in flames.

I reach for her, but the outstretched hand she offers me slowly moves further and further away.

NO!

I look up at her face, pleading for her to come back, but find the eyes of my mother staring back at me.

“Baby, open those pretty eyes. It’s just a dream. I promise you’re fine,” I gasp awake and clutch my chest.

It burns like I’ve been holding my breath.

My body is overheated, and I try to kick off the covers but find resistance in the shape of my body. My panic from my dream morphs into the strange room I’m in and the male bodies on either side of me. I freeze with a scream lodged in my throat.

“Leah, look at me.” Seer turns my face to his.

“You’re safe.” He speaks softly and slowly like I’m a skittish animal who needs to be coaxed out of a corner.

“Breathe, Baby,” a hand touched my back, and I jumped.

“It’s just Kai. What do you remember?” Seer searches my face for God knows what, but he frowns, so I guess he doesn’t find it.

Then, the memories hit me.

“Not a nightmare,” my lip wobbles, and Seer pulls me into his lap an instant later.

“No, Baby. I’m so sorry. It wasn’t a bad dream, but we’re gonna fix it. Don’t you worry. The club is finishing repairs on a building with five new apartments. It’ll be done right after Halloween. You can stay with me until it’s ready.” I nod as my tears drip down my chin onto his very warm, naked torso.

Oh my.

I pull away as I really take in my surroundings. I’m in his house. Moreover, in his bed. Or is it Kai’s? I glance at the other man, who is just as nude from the waist up, and bite my lip.

A virgin in bed with two very attractive men?

Annie would be having a field day if she knew. A giggle at my private thoughts falls from my lips, making the two men glance at each other.

“Shock?” Kai shrugs, answering a silent question from Seer, no doubt.

I’m too busy having an ecentral cricist.

My apartment is gone, along with all my worldly possessions. More importantly, my thesis research, due in one week for graduation, is toast. More laughter at my own bad pun has Kai looking even more worried.

“Should I call Skull? She may need medical help?” Why does that make my laughter worse? I have no idea.

“I doubt drugging her will help, but call him anyway.” Seer rubs my arms as I laugh like a fucking lunatic.

A phone started ringing, and I immediately recognized Annie’s ringtone. I dart for the direction the sound is coming from as if it’s a lifeline. I’m tangled in sheets and Seer, so we both tumble off the bed and onto the floor with a loud bang.

“Fuck!” Kai yells, getting up to help us, but I scramble away and snatch the ringing device, answering it quickly, then raising it to my ear.

“What’s going on hoe bag? You missed our morning call!” Annie and I have a system.

We called each other every morning to make sure we both woke up safe. If either of us misses that call, it’s instant panic, which is why she’s so pissed.

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