HOT SHOWER
~TATE POV~
“Rise and shine, Princess,” Mathias’s voice entered the room softly and smoothly, like smoke. It was a gentle sound meant to wake me from my deep sleep.
"I’m not moving," I groaned, my words crushed against Daxon’s chest. His heat wrapped around me, solid and grounding, a lasso I refused to release.
"Don’t test me, Princess," Mathias murmured, the teasing edge in his tone fast enough to cut. "School waits for no one, and you’d rather set the world on fire than miss a single class."
My lashes dragged open.
The faint light bleeding through the curtains kissed Daxon’s sleeping form, his chest rising slow, steady, unshaken…as if even the universe bowed to his rest.
I sat up and felt the cool air on my bare skin. Mathias stood by the bed, already dressed. His dark-
