Princess Ayla I awoke with a start, sitting straight up. I was breathless as I looked around to find I was back in my room. Nate was asleep beside me, and we were both naked. Looking through the window, the sun was just setting. My head was spinning with the events that happened earlier. Did I really succeed or was it all just a dream? But why would Nate and I be asleep this late in the day? How did we even get back here in the first place? The door flew open, causing me to jump and Nate sprung up, gasping, until he saw it was Xander, and he laid back down. I held the sheet to my chest as Prince Silas, Prince Chase and Kaden came rushing in behind Xander. “Ayla, are you okay?” Xander breathed out. Nate was drawing circles on my bare back and I was trying to hold in the moan from his

