SIN POV I groaned while stretching. I clutched the half-empty bottled water that was underneath a bench in the garden, uncapped it, and downed the content before going on with what I was doing. The skin on my neck prickled, and my back hurt as I felt her presence. Since we had been intimate, the desire to be by her side had grown immensely. I hadn't felt that way with anyone, not even with my ex that I had marked. I didn't know leaving the side of a mere human, which I didn't even like but had marked, would cause me to feel pain. She was the reason I had left the room earlier. It was becoming awkward, and I also feared that I might do something awful to her if I stayed. Although I didn't feel the emotion I felt with Adrina towards Artemisia, I panicked when she fell unconscious after

