I had just taken a long shower and enjoyed some alone time when I walked out of the bathroom to find Darian sitting on the sofa. 

He slowly raised his head and lowered the book he held in his hand. I don’t know what came over me but I dropped the towel that I was drying my hair with and left the other one wrapped around my body.

Everything in the palace had been hectic. Alphas had come and gone for meetings, the days were busy from morning to night so the sight of him relaxing ...