Aiden’s POV
Chocolate tresses spread over the pillow, long and pretty lashes, cheekbones that I didn't do enough justice to in all of my paintings and rose pink lips that were now so pale and dry I wanted to lick them back to life. The camellia flower pendant of her necklace moved as her chest rose, her strong and steady heartbeat a consolation to the part of me that wept like a bereaved man.
I felt it the instant her breathing changed. In one minute, she sucked in a deep breath, opened her eyes and sat up on the bed, her claws out and her irises amber as she took in her surrounding.
"Hey." Caleb said softly and she looked at him, blinking slowly like a predator that still didn't trust the environment she was in as he approached her with tentative steps. When he sat on the bed,
