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.

be our masters when we moved here before everything went south. But even if we hadn't stayed together, I'd

from the scent that

or not.

But wait....

that mean

No no no no!

a shake of

stoop that

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

The house is silent.

freshly brewed coffee wraps around me like a hug I'm afraid to

then I

looks like a freaking

sweatshirt, sleeves

his hands through

Which is strange.

I appear, and something shifts in the air

"Good morning."

is deep, low, and

step, my fingers tightening

sorry for intruding. I must have been too tired and slept.

me up. Where is Rayen?

smirks at my words and walks to the stove, and removes freshly baked

pride is intact. I wonder where he

serve

someone holding

do as he says while I watch him

to hold it in to

when Rayen is out of reach.

stills, hovering just above

his lips,

second, I wonder if I

then again, how could I, when this is the man who once looked

shattered everything

No anger. No cold

pretending," he says, finally turning to face me. "And I didn't wake you up because... you looked like

is

had on, but obviously, they had them changed. It's been so long, but damn, did they have

had Ryan have them changed because you get panic attacks in the dark, and I didn't want that. Rayen is at school. I dropped him off some hours

changed the lights for

man

red from

Because it's not fair.

he being nice and starting to

the one who tore my world apart

the buns," he adds, pulling me

I blink.

"You?"

He shrugs.

even boil water." I retort. It's supposed

he smiles while hovering with the damn

Liar!

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