Ophelia's POV I had barely heard when Julian had come back. I had waited for him for some hours when I realised that they were not going to come soon, I slept. I had missed his warmth. I was used to sleeping next to him that when he was not there, I felt empty. I had tossed and turned on the bed, barely awake, barely asleep. When he came back, I moved close to him and fell asleep immediately , it was magical. This was the good thing about having a mate; you had a shoulder to lean on and cuddle with. It did not feel as lonely as it had felt when I was with Asher. Asher had never let me sleep near him. It was always s*x and then home. In all the years I had known him, I had never slept over. I did not know what he was hiding or why he was preventing me from sleeping over. I had tried to as

