After Dark - Chapter Sixteen

Am I awake?

A clap of thunder sends him sitting up gasping and groaning in pain; the room is lit from the lightning as the ground shakes from the thunder. He sits there momentarily trying to understand where he is, clutching his shoulder coughing up mucus and grimacing as the pain pierced him and his chest had felt heavy from lying there so long.

Then from the darkness, a shadow emerged. The room lit up once more from the flash of lightning and the ground rumbled.

“Julie, is that you?” his voice croaked. “Jules…” and his voice was gone

Was it really her? Or was this, another dream and that terrible thing is waiting to rip them to pieces? The shadow was resting in the chair by the window, and it arose when he woke up with such a fright.

“Paul!” the shadow spoke in a familiar voice. “Paul! It’s me, your, Julie.”

The room lit once more and Julie had a smile upon her face as she came toward him, a smile that always comforted him. His chest caves sinking back on the bed in exhaustion, realizing it was only a nightmare.

“It seems, you have had, another bad dream,” she wipes his brow as he lays back down. “It’s alright my love, I’m here to watch over you. Take care of you.”

He cups her wrist, staring, making sure he wasn’t just dreaming again. She rubs his face slightly and kisses him.

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[Norma M Sutton]

This reads well. Check your tenses, seen vs saw :)