Chapter 37
Harper's POV
The morning light was a cruel invasion. I woke slowly, my body a symphony of aches and a strange, heavy contentment. My skin still hummed, a ghost of the intense pleasure from the night before.
But then, a sharp, possessive ache bloomed on my neck. My hand flew to it, fingers brushing over raised, tender skin.
The mark.
My breath hitched. No. No, no, no. This couldn't be real. My eyes snapped open, wide with horror.
I was naked, tangled in sheets that smelled overwhelmingly of Aiden. And Aiden... he was beside me, his powerful body sprawled, his arm thrown over my waist, his scent now completely, irrevocably entwined with mine.
He stirred, a low groan escaping his lips. His eyes fluttered open, dark and disoriented. He looked at me, then down at his arm aro
