Chapter 6

I blinked my eyes open waiting for the pain to hit me. Nothing. I exhaled in relief.  I never want to feel that kind of pain again. Getting killed by Sabrina would have been far less painful than that.

I pushed myself up on my elbows scanning the room to see where I woke up this time. I was in my room—correction, our room. The ‘our’ before room sounded so sweet, so together. I smiled thinking of all the other things I could put our before.

In the midst of my daydreaming, I noticed I was alone. That was unusual. My sisters’ never left me alone when I passed out.  How long was I out for this time?

I pulled the silk covers off me and got out of bed. Before I could touch the door handle, the door flew open startling me. Within a second I was off my feet and getting crushed between something. It took me a while to realize I was in Ash’s arms. The familiar musky woods scent gave him away.

I hadn