Chapter 16
THE SUN WAS high in the sky when I opened my eyes, letting me know I had slept straight through the morning. But it wasn’t the bright sunlight spilling into the room that woke me; it was the soft touch of butterfly wings against my mind followed by the sound of men’s voices in the other room.
“She is not ready to see you,” Tristan said in a firm voice. “Last night was a shock to her, and she needs some time to process it.”
“I frightened her. I need to talk to her, to explain.” Nikolas’s gruff voice made my stomach do a little flip, and I couldn’t tell if it was from nervousness or excitement.
Tristan’s tone turned conciliatory. “Sara knows you would never harm her, and she’s the only one who wasn’t afraid of you last night. You and I both knew she would be upset when she lea
