through the window at her. She quickly closed her eyes and opened them again. The eyes were gone. Her heart was pounding as she pulled the covers over her head.
It was childish, she knew, but it was all she could do besides scream.
"Sleep," something-no, someone- whispered in her ear. Some guy by the sound of the voice. Great. Her first days in her new life and some guy she never knew was somehow in her room telling her to sleep. "Sleep and everything will be okay. I'll protect you." And before she could totally freak out about that, she for the first time in days, feel into a deep, deep, sleep.