My eyes fluttered open and I was greeted by the only person I wanted to see. Alexanders gorgeous eyes bore into mine, a stray tear glistening on his cheek. “Hello my love”, he whispered, reaching out to cup my cheek with his hand, “I missed you.”
He leant down and kissed me lightly on the forehead, “I’m so sorry, Freya.”
“For what?”, I asked pulling myself up so that my back was against the headboard.
“For not having enough guards watching the house, for not being in here with you when they came to take you, and mostly, for not finding you.” His face portrayed every emotion he was feeling and made my chest tighten at his sadness.
“I don’t think there was anything you could have done, Alex. Max was going to come for me regardless of whether you were with me or not. He thinks
