Lilith
I am awake. I have been for a bit, but I don't want to open my eyes. If I do, it will confirm that the last few days weren't just some bad dream, and were, in fact, real. Maybe if I lie here a little longer, I can keep living in a fantasy where Casper didn't reject me again, and my mother is still alive.
Movement beside me makes my eyes fly open. I am not on the couch in Kael's safe house, where I fell asleep. No. I am in his bed. I turn my head slowly to see him looking at me with a mischievous grin on his face.
"Good morning, Sunshine. How did you sleep?"
My mouth drops open. How can he be so cavalier about sharing a bed with me?
"Why am I in your bed?" The words come out shaky.
Kael falls onto his back and sighs. "You stumbled in here last night, don't you rem
