THE LAST WEEK HAD BEEN better. A lot better. He’d even managed to sleep through the night once he’d started having something to do during the day. But Aalyan knew very well who’d paid the price for his peace, without a word of complaint or a single change to his behaviour.
Ghian hadn’t tried to go back to sleeping on the other bed, he hadn’t pulled away when Aalyan had curled up into his arms, and he hadn’t even come back any later from his duties.
But even though he was in the cave as much as ever, Aalyan often had to repeat his name before he’d bring his mind back from wherever it’d wandered to. If they hadn’t been bonded, he didn’t think Ghian would have been there at all.
He’d done everything in his power to make Aalyan happy, just like he’d promised, even if it meant he himself was
