Alpha Dimitri’s POV
Sleep refused to come.
No matter how many times I closed my eyes or attempted to force my thoughts into silence, my mind stubbornly refused to cooperate. The trip had been long, and exhaustion should have claimed me the moment my head touched the pillow. Instead, I found myself staring up at the ceiling of the dimly lit room, listening to the steady rhythm of Scarlett’s breathing somewhere beside me.
It was irritating.
My body was exhausted from the long drive, but my mind stubbornly refused to rest. Every time I closed my eyes, fragments of the day returned uninvited. Scarlett trembling outside the SUV after being sick. The countless trips to the restroom. The way fatigue had dragged at her until she could barely keep her eyes open in the passenger seat. The ‘I’m s
