Groggily, I opened my eyes. I had no idea for how long I was passed out for, but telling from the lines that had magically appeared on my arms and the dull ache in my head, I was sure it was a lot. My forehead was lines with sweat, the sticky liquid dripping down my face. I hissed loudly, as I felt uncomfortable in almost every area I could think of. My clothes were sticking to my body and it made breathing really hard. My eyes roamed around the room frantically searching for something. My anger only intensified when I saw the time, it was eleven forty five pm, so why the hell was the weather so hot? A string of curses left my lips as I swung my legs over the bed and pushed them into the fluffy slippers that had been laid out for me. I didn't remember them being there before falling asleep but I would worry about that later. I padded to the window and pushed open the windows, anticipating a huge gust of fresh air, but it never came. For minutes, I stood there, waiting and waiting for

"I still see no reason as to why I have to come with you." I scowled bitterly as I looked out the box sized window that had been carved out by the side of the carriage. " Couldn't you just go alone? That's what you seem to have been doing for a while now."Noah sighed again for the hundredth time on this trip. He looked genuinely tired and worried, the worry lines and eye bags he was spotting were a good proof to my claims."I promise you it's really not in my power." He started. I was sure he had used this same line in the past explanations he had given but I didn't care. I just didn't care. " If it were up to me you wouldn't even be in here.""Oh really?" I snorted, scrunching up my face in a frown. "So you're saying if it were up to you, I wouldn't be in this carriage with you, meaning you don't want me in this carriage. In fact, you don't want me accompanying you.""What exactly do you want?" It was more of a frustrated groan than anything else. I knew what he meant was far from t

You would think I'd have gotten used to waking up like this, but I definitely hadn't. Instead, each time I woke up like this, the pain I felt was worse than the last. Why did I have to go through this? I muttered with my eyes closed shut. I knew the drill by now, and knowing the outcome made it hard for me to want to do anything else. The moment I opened my eyes, a very deep pain would follow and to be honest, I wasn't sure I'd be able to endure it."Quick, give me that." I heard someone murmur. I wasn't unconscious, even though somehow I wished I was right now. I was awake but somehow it felt like I was disconnected from my body. I wasn't, it was just my body adjusting to the fact that I'm just waking up. " Quick, before she wakes up. "That was too late now, I was already awake wether they liked it or not and their incessant whispers weren't in any way helping. Not even in the slightest."Stop." I groaned out loud. I was sure I'd been loud enough because of the silence that followed

I don't wait till the carriage has fully stopped in front of the castle. Before the footmen could reach, I'd already thrown the door to the carriage open before bunching up my skirt and leaving Noah to his thoughts and whatever it was he wanted to do. The ride from Adeline's palace to ours was torture to say the least. I'd thought I'd get at least some moments to myself after my heated argument with Noah, so imagine my surprise when Noah came to summon me that it was time to leave. He was surprisingly calm after everything that had happened and for a moment, I started considering if I was on my hallucinating or imagining things.No, the way he kept on staring at me meant something else. His grip on my arm told me otherwise. Like a gentle reminder, I felt a tingle in the exact spot. Involuntarily, I turned my head back, just to lock gazes with Noah, who was still standing by the carriage but had taken a keen interest on how the back of my head looked like. It was hard not to pay him a

NOAH'S POV "Noah" I'd heard my name a million times but I meant every word when I said no one could compare when it came to the sound of my name on Bailey's lips. It was weird because I'd heard speak lots of times. When I didn't even want to hear her, she was always yelling something to my ears. I'd expected something else, a shriek or any loud means to express her discomfort but instead she kept mute, her eyes flicking from my face to my lips that were only a few inches from hers. Her lips were so close, so close that if I could just part my lips a little, the rest would be history. I hoped. We stayed like this for a while, neither of us moving. I felt something stir in me and I bit back on my lips, fighting the urge to act on this burning desire that seemed to come out of nowhere."Sire." It was my wolf. He didn't need to talk much, I knew what he wanted. I could feel it burning deep in my bones. At least, that was the plausible explanation I could give to all of this. "Your high