Valerie
I was exhausted.
The efforts of the day crept over me like a shadow the moment we arrived back at the castle. I curled up on a soft satin couch, watching the empty bed across from me where Lucas was to sleep for the night.
He wasn’t in the room, and the bed looked awfully tempting. I half-considered crawling into it myself.
The moment we had returned to the castle, Lucas had been stopped by Marvolo, who insisted that they needed to talk. I assumed he was still busy with that, and I was thankful for his absence.
I didn’t want to face him before I fell asleep. It had been a long, grueling day and I could barely keep my eyes open.
And every time I thought of Lucas, I felt the ghost of his breath on my neck. The sound of his voice in my ears—pained and full of want.
I shivered a
