CHAPTER 18 — UNSETTLED GROUND

Adrain's POV

I didn’t sleep.

Not really.

I spent most of the night staring at the ceiling, replaying the taste of her lips—the way she melted against me, the way her fingers gripped my shirt like she needed me as much as I needed her.

And the way she’d pulled back.

Whispering Adrian… wait with those wide, conflicted eyes.

Fuck.

She was the last thing I needed, yet the only thing on my mind.

When the sun leaked through the curtains, I finally ...