Chapter 226: Adelaide.

My heart melts with each passing moment i listen to Cain’s words and I almost can’t believe this is happening.

My mind tells me if I blink he’ll go away, so I keep my eyes wide open, and I stare at him. I know it’s real when he stares at me in that same way.

The lines of Cain’s face look new to me now. His warmth feels so familiar yet so alien. There’s an air around him that I can’t place, but I love every bit of it.

I love it the way I love him, and when he leans in to kiss me again, I can feel the desperation in his touch. He’s as scared of me leaving as I am of him not being real in this moment. Finding him shouldn’t be this easy.

It shouldn’t have been this easy, yet it was and I can’t seem to believe that.

A sudden scream makes me cling to him like a frightened puppy until my brain realizes i know that voice.

I know the texture of that squeall. I’ve heard that feminine tilt before.

Safira’s scent invades my senses immediately and a warm body plasters itself to mine. She’s sobbing