Ash's pov
I had awoken very early the next day. It was time to set out the plan. I spent half of the night coming up with it in motion. Yesterday, the feel of her hand was more than enough to keep the voices in my head silent and I wanted more of that. I needed more and there was no getting more with the presence of Rylan. I needed him out, and it had to be as soon as possible.
I sat up staring down at Elara's sleeping from the bed next to me. Rylan had tried to make her sleep with him on the floor, but I couldn't let that happen, so I gave up my bed and slept on the floor while they shared the bed. During the night, I woke up once in a while to touch her. I couldn't help it. I even sniffed at her to see if it worked the same way and f**k yes it did, everything about her calmed all the r
