LEILANI
“You’re so weird, dear goddess,” I grumbled, rushing back into the bedroom and I slammed the door behind me.
All I could hear was my own heartbeat as I slumped against the door, walking my heart to calm down.
His words repeated endlessly in my head. The hope in the last few sentences, the patience he gave.
Goddess help me, how was I to survive more weeks of this?
I glanced through the letter again, my chest rising as I read his promises. They were promises.
Promises of what he hoped for if we ever crossed the point where we start waking up to each other.
Was that something I wanted?
I tried to picture it.
What it would feel like waking up next to Aesir, his body heat. Would we be sleeping on different ends of the bed or wrapped up in each other?
Aesir didn’t strike me as
