ATHENA

Warmth.

That's the first thing I feel.

Soft sheets. The scent of fresh linen. A deep musk lingering in the air, cedarwood and something...oddly familiar.

My brows pull together as my body stretches slowly, reluctantly, like it doesn't want to leave the comfort it's found.

Pulling the warm bed sheets closer, I throw my leg over a pillow when realization hits me like a damn train.

Wait.

My eyes shoot open.

This isn't my bed.

The ceiling is higher, the light brighter. The blankets are thicker, softer, almost cloudlike. My heart slams against my ribs.

Where the hell am I?

Did I go clubbing and leave with a stranger?

I haven't gone clubbing in years!

I sit up fast and immediately regret it. My head spins, my hair tumbling over my shoulders in a wild mess.

My son!

My gaze whips around the room, my breath catching and my heart beating faster and faster.

Then I remember.

The party. Speeches. Everyone getting together. Falling asleep on the couch with Rayen. The exhaustion. The way my body gave out before I could even argue.

Alex went up to get the keys when I decided to wait from the couch.

I must have fallen asleep.

But why didn't Alex wake me up?

His speech replays in my mind on a loop as I try to figure out why he has been behaving in such a strange way.

Is Ariana threatening him to be nice to me? Or is it another deal with Giana?

Because Alexander King is not the type of person who would say such things willingly.

But it doesn't matter because it all meant nothing anyway!

A quiet breath escapes me, and my heartbeat slowly begins to settle.

The panic fades, replaced with a different sort of unease, one that comes from being in his space.

His room. His bed.

It's strange.

Too intimate.

because it used to be our masters when we

screams Alex, from the scent that wraps around you whether

or not.

But wait....

that mean we slept

No no no no!

a shake of my

wouldn't stoop

edge of the bed and stand, tugging the sleeves of my sweat shirt down

The house is silent.

the scent of freshly brewed coffee wraps around me like a

I

a freaking Greek

a dark gray sweatshirt, sleeves

he just ran his hands through it. He

Which is strange.

up the moment I appear, and something

"Good morning."

is deep, low, and

the last step, my fingers

have been too tired and slept.

is Rayen? We need

walks to the stove, and removes freshly

my pride is intact. I wonder where he got them

I'll serve you breakfast." He

someone holding this

him place a cup

to

don't have to pretend to be nice when Rayen is out of reach. We're not friends, Alex.

hand stills, hovering just

lips, replaced by something

second, I wonder

how could I, when this is the man who

everything I

slowly. No anger. No cold words.

"And I didn't wake

Rayen, and why is this place so damn

but obviously, they had them changed. It's been so long, but damn, did they have to get such bright

in the dark, and I didn't want that. Rayen is at school. I dropped

the lights

man losing

from how angry I

Because it's not fair.

being nice and starting to

the one who tore my world apart

the buns," he adds, pulling

I blink.

"You?"

He shrugs.

water." I retort. It's supposed to be an

he doesn't seem affected when he smiles while

Liar!

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