Chapter 105.

Rune.

I took note of two things the second I opened my eyes to the sun slipping through the curtains into the room. The first was that Kane had woken up and he wasn’t in the room, and the second, I couldn’t deny my feelings for him anymore. I loved him dearly.

The revelation, however, was not shocking to me because I had known of the giddiness I felt whenever he was close, and the longing when he was away, which I originally thought was an effect of our bond, but over time I realized it wasn’t. Yes, the bond was part of it, but it was mostly me.

Now the only issue was that Kane didn’t love me, he didn’t even like me. He only cared for me and was attracted to me because of the bond we shared—which he could do nothing about. So I was in trouble.

I pushed myself out of bed to the window, hoping I could get a glance of him if we were outside, to quench some of the longings that tugged my heart, but instead, I was met with a familiar-looking envelope, sitting on the window frame.

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