Hope

CHAPTER 42

LARISSA

I stirred lightly as the beams of light from a crack in the curtains shone directly in my line of sight, causing me to flinch. Still tired, I flicked my eyes open and took in my surroundings. For some reason, even though I would have liked to sleep longer, I was surprisingly not in a sour mood. Scratch that. I was happy. I felt warm all over, and the tingles that had been present in my arms and legs from the past thirty-six hours could still be felt.

As I tried to sit up on the bed, I was suddenly aware of some kind of restriction around my waist. When I looked down I caught sight of Kaden–his huge arm wrapped around my torso, and a ghost of a smile on his lips.

I tried and failed to stifle a giggle, the heat in my stomach rising even faster. I was beginning to learn quite a few things about Kaden, one of them being that he was really not as stone hearted as he liked to display. Sure, he could be intimidating without even trying. But he was also a big baby. I look