Chapter 55: Morning After
(Elara's POV)
Light filtered through unfamiliar curtains, warm against my closed eyelids. For a moment, I hovered in that peaceful space between sleep and wakefulness, until the solid weight of an arm draped across my waist registered in my consciousness.
My eyes snapped open.
The memories from last night flooded back with startling clarity despite the ceremonial wine we'd consumed. Lucian's heated gaze across my small dining table. The tension after Finn and Willow left. The way his lips had claimed mine with a hunger that matched my own.
I was in Lucian's bed. In his private den.
My omega wolf stirred anxiously beneath my skin, simultaneously drawn to and intimidated by the overwhelming Alpha presence surrounding me. His scent was everywhere – pine,
