CHAPTER 22 — ALLIANCE IN SILENCE

POV: ADRIAN

Sleep is a luxury men like me don’t get often, it has never been my ally. I’ve never craved it, never let myself succumb easily. But last night… Last night was different.And it’s a difference I cannot allow to repeat itself even if I crave it which i will.

Her arms around me.

Her scent on my pillow.

Her fingers brushing the back of my neck like she owned the right to calm me.

And I let her.

I let her in too damn much.

I let her in, and ...