Raven woke up from a deep, deep sleep, the luxury sheets bundled around her sticky, naked body like a cloud. She felt last night in every inch of her. Her muscles had the loose, pleasant sense of exhaustion, and the faint weight of a hangover hung suspended in her skull.

Beside her in the massive bed was… empty space. Kade was gone.

She couldn’t say she was very surprised; Kade hadn’t struck her as a breakfast-and-conversation type. Still, there was a vague ...