Adeline lay in bed with her eyes closed, listening to the sounds of Kaden getting ready to leave. She hadn’t expected him to come back after their fight, but at some point in the night, he had slipped quietly into the room, almost giving her a heart attack as he climbed into bed with her. Embracing her tightly, he had told her to go back to sleep and hadn’t moved a muscle until the small strip of the sky visible through the window started lightening up.
She heard him circle the bed, and his shadow towered over her for a second. He crouched next to her and pushed a string of hair out of her face, running his fingers over her cheek and forehead. A few seconds later he got up, preparing to leave, when he paused and stared at her nightstand. Adeline kept watching him stare at the vial of blo
