EVELARA
My eyes fluttered open slowly, catching the morning light that's coming through the window.
The light was soft and golden, perhaps too gentle for the storm that still resided within me.
I woke up baffled. I wasn’t sure I was allowed to wake up here. And maybe I wasn’t. Maybe this was still a dream, a dream that leaves you both burning and hollow.
Could it be all a dream? A surreal feeling of emotions?
But then—
Something moved behind me. Or, someone… A warmth that I wanted desperately, yet feared to touch. A breath against the back of my neck. A steady, deep heartbeat pressed to my spine.
And that was when the world snapped into clarity, answering all my questions.
Lucien Virek…
I tensed up as every moment of last night struck like lightning…
His mou
