With a sleepy yawn, I stretched and reached across the bed. My hand fell against empty bed sheets.

Creasing my brow, I opened my eyes and looked at the empty bed beside me. Kain wasn’t there.

I wrapped the sheet around myself and sat up, looking around my bedroom. Was everything just a dream? But the soreness in my body clearly reminded me that Kain was here and we’d had a passionate night….

My cheeks burned and I curled my knees to my chest. Knowing ...