ANNABEL
I had woken up the next morning, looking happy, excited for my exams. I was ready to smash this paper and everything. But when I opened my eyes, there was no one in the room. The bed seemed so cold, like he didn't sleep in the bed at all, like he had woken up hours ago.
I looked at the time – it was just past six in the morning, and he shouldn't have woken up so early. Or maybe he never did sleep here at all.
My face contorted into a frown. I grabbed my phone, and there was a message from him, telling me he had some emergency business and he might be late.
I sighed, cutting off the thoughts I had with Christiana over Damon being into something darker. Maybe I was just overthinking everything.
I quickly cleaned up and prepared for my exams, trying to push away the uneasy feelin
