WINTER Loran asked me some questions on our way back to the castle but my mind was too scattered to focus let alone answer him properly. I could barely think straight after what had just happened with Valtor, after the way he had left me so suddenly after our heated make-out. Because honestly, how could he do that? He just walked away as though nothing had happened. As though he hadn’t played my body and mind, stirring my hunger and abandoning me in its ashes. That man was merciless. “You should go back to your room and rest, you seem to have a lot on your mind," Loran said gently, pulling me from my thoughts. "See you tomorrow.” “See you tomorrow,” I echoed, nodding faintly before turning down the corridor toward my chambers. The halls were oddly silent, there was no sight of guar

