ELORA
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I woke up to the melody of the birds chirping outside the window. I had been awake long before I opened my eyes, but that did not matter.
Turning to my right and meeting an empty space beside me, I closed my eyes while a weak sigh escaped my lips.
He was gone.
The king was gone.
I had not expected the king to remain in bed with me, yet…
I shook my head and pinned my hands to my sides. I needed to aid myself to sit up, as every bone in my body felt sore and heavy to move. I leaned against the headboard and stared outside the window.
Yet nothing, I finished the sentence I had cut short in my head.
Perhaps there had been a tiny part of me that expected things to change after last night. The way and manner the king had touched me, the method by which our bodies becam
