"Here," Caspian said, opening a door to a tastefully decorated guest room. "It's not much, but it's private."
The room was beautiful, all cream and gold, with a four-poster bed and windows overlooking the forest. "Not much", by Williams' standards was luxury by mine.
"Thank you," I said stiffly, crossing to the window without looking at him.
I felt him hovering in the doorway, the bond between us humming with his uncertainty. "Imogen..."
"Please just go," I whispered, wrapping my arms around myself. "I can't... I just need to be alone."
He hesitated, then nodded. "If you need anything..."
"I won't," I said, cutting him off more harshly than I intended.
The door closed softly behind him, and I was finally, blissfully alone. I sank onto the edge of the bed, my legs giving out as the a
