As much as his texts, calls, and general following me around had been nerve-wracking, I’d been growing more comfortable in his presence. Since Jetty had brought him up, I’d thought that maybe at some point I’d ask Sky out, but I’d been waiting for Ego, the pop star, to leave. No way I was competing with him.
Now things were so wonky. Why did my gran have to involve him in this before I was ready? Why had they waited so long to tell me? Maybe I’d have felt less like Jetty’s weirdo friend if I’d known that my pops had gone through the same struggles. “Yeah?”
“I love your hugs, so I was wondering if it would be okay if we snuggled all night?”
“Yes,” I said unnecessarily loudly, so I lowered my voice. “I would like that.”
“Me, too. A lot.”
I fell asleep with a smile on my face. Sky was safely in my arms, so maybe I’d get some real sleep tonight.
I stareddown at me and Sky in his bed. He shuffled around with the top of his head the only thing peeking out of the covers. I’d never had an out-of-body experience before. Generally, I dream-woke already far away.
Sky lifted up on one elbow and stared down at my face with a little smile playing around his lips. “King?” he whispered. “I’m kind of scared. Will you make me feel better?”
I wanted to call out and let him know I was right here, that he’d have to talk louder, maybe shake me a little, to pull me back into my body so that I could comfort him. I wanted to do that for him.
Confused, I watched my own eyes open, and my large hands reach up, framing his delicate face. Sky nuzzled into one palm. “Sorry to wake you.”
“You can always wake me, Sky. Anything you need. You know that.”
A mischievous grin slid across his face. Reaching up, he stroked one finger down my cheek. I, well, not me, but that version of me, turned his head and kissed the inside of Sky’s wrist.
“I’ve got some ideas,” Sky said as he crawled up and straddled me—him—whatever.
What the fuck?
This made no sense. I was right…
And it hit me. I was inside of Skylar Reign’s dream. Holy goddess! In his sleep, he’d sought me out for—Oh! Buck and Jetty and everyone else who’d insinuated Sky liked me, wanted me, had been right.
I peered into the darkness, watching him roll his hips on top of me, pushing his?—
Shit! I had to stop this. I couldn’t be here for this. This felt intrusive and creepy on so many levels. It wasn’t fair for me to get inside his head in this way without his knowledge, but what could I do?
I yelled, “Sky! Sky!” at the top of my lungs. I hoped that somehow, someway, my urgency and energy would disrupt him enough to wake up and let me out of this…Okay, this wasn’t a nightmare. It was actually sexy as fuck watching him grind—I threw my hands over my eyes. Voyeuring on my crush and myself while he was in the veil was just wrong. “Sky! Wake up!”
“What? Where am I?” his voice asked from next to me.
Yanking my hands off my eyes, I stared at him, mortified that he’d know what I’d seen. Except, the bed was no longer there, and we were…nowhere. Like in the clouds. Before I had a chance to answer, I blinked once, and we were back.
“What? What’s going on?”I asked groggily as my feet hit solid ground beneath me. Startled, I blinked rapidly, then rubbed my eyes. How was I in the middle of a field? I jumped at the sound of Kingston screaming my name next to me. “King?”
Yanking his hands off his own eyes—which that was weird—he stared at me, mouth dropping open. “Sky?”
He whipped around. “The field,” he mumbled. Then he laughed, sounding a tad hysterical. “Of course, the field!”
While he doubled over next to me, cackling like a hyena, the previous day came back to me in a rush.
Chapter
Seventeen
Skylar
“What? What’s going on?”I asked groggily as my feet hit solid ground beneath me. Startling, I blinked rapidly, then rubbed my eyes. How was I in the middle of a field? I jumped at the sound of Kingston screaming my name next to me. “King?”
Yanking his hands off his own eyes—which that was weird—he stared at me, mouth dropping open. “Sky?” He whipped around. “The field,” he mumbled. Then he laughed, sounding a tad hysterical. “Of course, the field! Congratulations, you’re dreamwalking, Skylar!”
