[Lilia]

I awoke the following morning all by myself in my bed. There was no sign of Kael. The only evidence he left, proving that last night wasn’t a dream, was the soreness I felt right between my legs.

I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed that he had left before I woke up after what happened between us last night. Though I couldn’t blame anyone else but myself. I had let my guard down. I had let him pass through the gaps in the wall I had been mending around my heart. I had ...