LEILANI
The knocking on the door was what woke me up, three soft taps that had me frowning into my pillow. I had planned to sleep today because I had spent most of yesterday exploring some parts of the palace with Rain.
It was too early, far too early, to be woken up, and it didn’t matter to me that the sun was already up. For a brief moment, I considered pretending I hadn’t heard anything. But I caught a wisp of Aesir’s bergamot scent, and I wondered what he was doing outside the bedroom door so early in the morning.
The dinner he prepared two nights ago had been a pleasant surprise, but I had barely seen him since that night, and now what? So early in the morning.
I rolled onto my back with a groan and squinted at the sunlight filtering through the curtains. The knock didn’t come aga
