Sophia
The room was bathed in the muted silver of dawn, the kind that slipped quietly between the curtains and painted everything in a soft glow.
I wasn’t fully awake at first…not until my body registered warmth.
Erick.
I stirred, my lashes fluttering as sleep slowly loosened its hold on me.
My head felt heavy on the pillow, my limbs languid and satisfied from the night before, but the moment my eyes opened and I saw him….I froze.
Erick was still asleep.
For a breath or two, I simply stared.
He never slept this late. Never let his guard down beside anyone.
Never allowed the world to see him this calm and peaceful in a way that made the great Alpha King look almost boyish.
But here he was.
Beside me.
Lying on his back, one arm stretched above his head, the faintest shadow of
