CHAPTER 18
Payton
My gaze darts all around the living room and kitchen, but there’s no one here. And nowhere to hide.
But I can feel the energy. It’s different.
He’s here.
My legs are trembling as I turn back toward my bedroom.
He has to be here.
Closing the last few steps to my doorway, I pointedly ignore the bathroom and the fact I left the door open when I went in there to pee.
I didn’t know.
How could I have known?
Tremors race up and down my limbs.
This is what I wanted.
What I asked for.
And now it’s time.
CHAPTER 19
Nero
She’s so f*****g beautiful.
Her soft breaths fanning the hair that’s fallen across her cheek.
The blankets are pulled up over her shoulders, and even though the bed looks small and uncomfortable, the blanket is thick, so I know she’s warm.
Perfect
