54. Dev’s heart and brain

Akshara awoke when she heard Ivan's voice; she gently opened her eyes and discovered she was lying on a warm, rough pillow. "Finally, after many restless nights, I got a pillow," she thought.

Akshara took a deep breath and sat down on the cushion she had been given. Her palm ran across the pillow on which she was sleeping, and the notion that she was with Dev in the royal chamber flashed across her head. "Wait a minute, what? "How about a warm pillow?"

When Akshara lifted her head, she saw she was lying on Dev's bare chest in his tangles. His face was one inch away from hers, and her cheeks flushed as she processed the reality that she had been embracing Dev all night.

Akshara carefully untangled herself from him and dashed to the corner of the chamber to straighten her sloppy garment. "Oh my, what type of nightmare did I have last night?" she said as she turned to look at him again and again. "Did I lose my virginity to him in my dreams?"

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