Chapter Eleven: The House of HalionThe moment he woke up and found himself alone in her bed, he knew she was gone.
They had spent the night before making love into the small hours of the morning, matching each other for stamina and pleasure. With Melia, Aeron experienced a sense of connection unlike anything he had shared with anyone else in a thousand years. Their intimacy was assured and comfortable, like they had been lovers for years, not merely a single night. By the time, they collapsed into each other's arms shortly before dawn, being together felt like the most natural thing in the world.
Or at least he felt that way.
When he opened his eyes the next morning and discovered the warmth of her body was not against him, his mind snapped quickly to full alertness. It was a credit to
