Alaric’s POV:

‘I love you, Alaric.’

Meadow loved me. The moment she said those words to me, I realized two things at once:

One—that I loved her too.

And two—that while our fingers were linked together on top of my desk, I could feel it.

I felt the desk; the hard, smooth mahogany that it was made of. I’d been feeling it for a while but I didn’t realize it until she said those words to me.

I didn’t understand it, didn’t understand why and how…

Or maybe I did understand, ...