Lucifer’s POV

I woke like a man dragged out of drowning.

I jerked up from my bed, gasping for air. Then, I took slow and deep breaths, trying to calm myself.

I was in my room.

Then I heard it.

The sound of soft breathing beside me.

Amelia.

She lay curled slightly toward my side of the bed, her expression softer than I ever saw when she was awake.

Something in my chest tightened at the sight of her.

I slid out of the bed quietly so I wouldn’t wake her.

My body protested the ...