To leave… Or stay?

Rose’s POV

I groaned against the sensations that filled me, shutting my eyes even tighter against the slight glimpse of the sun.

But a glimpse was enough already, and now I was slowly being drawn upwards into awakening.

I opened my eyes again, seeing the lights everywhere as I stood up. There was not a single problem with the bed, yet I wondered.

How did I end up here?

Rael's musky scent came to mind. Blood rushed to my cheeks as the moment soon became clear to me.

I had hugged him and somehow passed out in his arms.

I groaned against my duvet. Had my voice not been hoarse, it would have been a scream instead, but I took what I could get.

Okay then, after the whole debacle, I had fainted and he had carried me here. Yet as I looked around, the slight scent remained. It was as though he was here for more than a slight time, like he had… slept here.

I shut my eyes tightly, instantly berating myself.

‘Stupid. How would you think he'll be here?’

I shook my head, looking at the wrinkled