-Valindra- Over the next few days, I stayed mostly in the castle. I felt a bit guilty for staying out as late as I had the last time. I just wanted to make sure there was no lingering anger from that night, but it was pretty clear there wasn’t. We didn’t spend our time talking much. No, we communicated in a different way. Now that I had experienced what it felt like to be truly connected, I couldn’t get enough, and he seemed to desire me just as much. Whenever he could have me, he would. Day or night. He would also seek me out in the library sometimes. It was evident he often did that when something seemed to trouble him and he needed a distraction. Then he would instruct Lorsan to wait outside, pull me to a secluded corner, and press me up against it with my legs wrapped around him. It

