Chapter 31

(Dominic’s POV)

True to Jake’s word, food arrived within the next thirty minutes. It was an arrangement of cold cuts and breads and cheeses, with some fruit selections. There was a note telling us that if we wanted anything else, to ring down to the kitchen.

I used the food as an excuse to finally get Theia to sit down on the bed. She had explored the room, the adjoining bathroom, and all of the cupboard spaces over and over. I joked that maybe she was looking for a secret door or something, which had got her all excited and she went hunting for secret doors. I couldn’t help smiling at her excitement. It really was the happiest I had seen her. There was something about this place that really seemed to give her that extra buzz.

Once we had eaten something, I pulled her into my arms, partly to stop her jumping up and exploring again, and partly because the constant need to touch her, to have her close grew st