Huff... huff...
Yohan jolted awake, his body drenched in sweat, heart pounding in his chest. His eyes darted around the dimly lit room.
Another nightmare.
For the past week, ever since he returned from that mission, the nightmares had plagued him almost every night.
He wiped the sweat from his face, breathing heavily, trying to calm himself. The silence of the orphanage only seemed to make it worse, amplifying the echo of his own thoughts.
"A week now..." he muttered under his breath, swinging his legs over the side of the bed.
"How long is this going to last?"
He hadn't gone back to school since the mission. Sister Amelia, in her overprotective way, had made sure of that.
After learning what had happened, she had a heated argument with Captain Cruz, demanding that Yohan be kept out of harm's way. For now, she forbade everyone from the military, even Cruz, from meeting him.
