Chapter 20

I woke to an unfamiliar ceiling and bed sheets; soon I recognized the room to be that of Wesley. A groan escaped my lips as the previous incidents flashed through my head.

I winced sharply when I felt a stinging pain in my temple when my fingers brushed over the spot where I got hit. Damn it, Eve, you better pray I don’t lay my hands on you.

I felt a small pang of disappointment after staring around the empty room, what the hell was I expecting? That my mate would be by my side waiting to see me wake up? Snap out of it Val, such kind of life isn’t for you; accept yours the way it is.

I quickly hopped off the bed, ready to go search for Wesley, and put on my shoes which were by the side of the bed before heading out, into the hallway and down the stairs to the living room where giggles and laughter echoed from.

My face scrunched into a frown as soon as I sighted Eve, sitting in the living room with her friend, chattering loudly. “Ooh, look who’s here?” One of them called the attenti