Xlynor's POV
I didn’t mean to fall asleep.
I had been sitting at the edge of the bed and watching her sleep. That was all. Just watching.
Somewhere between watching her and drowning in thoughts, darkness overtook me. The kind I avoided for years.
Sleep was never kind to me. It was a gateway. A corridor my demons loved to drag me through… even though they didn’t mean to.
It was part of the curse, so I trained myself to function without it. Sometimes I went days without closing my eyes.
But now, this was the second time in years I had slept that deeply. The first time was the night I found her at the lake — the day I brought her here.
Her scent had wrapped around my mind and silenced the chaos, so I slept soundly.
I would’ve still been sleeping if she hadn’t suddenly screamed.
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