RAVAYA
I'd lied. The pain was a f*****g nine. That old bastard must've been paid by Evander to cause me that much pain. And worse, Evander had watched closely, a dirty smirk plastered on his face. Biting my lower lip, I buried my face in my pillow. Just how much humiliation do I have to go through? And Kael...
Speaking of that psycho...
The sudden change of his behavior around me felt like a whiplash. And as much as I didn't want to admit it, the call from earlier had made my heart flutter stupidly. His voice...his gentleness...the way he had coaxed an answer out of me...
All of that needed to be studied closely.
Kael's disarming smile floated into my mind, and despite myself, the corner of my lips curved. His face was the last thing on my mind before I finally drifted.
"Kitten, you
