Orin’s Pov I couldn’t sleep— the thought of Kaelis and how it all went down with her. My body ached from the fight and all I needed was a good sleep.

‘Fuck sleep!’ Veythar’s voice slithered inside me, smug and sharp. ‘You know what you need right now but you blew it anyways,’

I groaned and buried my face in the pillow. Yeah, I blew it by letting her walk away and now I was lying here, restless, thinking about how close I’d been to having her, the way her eyes had caught me.

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