My eyes opened with a quick snap. I didn’t need to blink sleep away as it escaped me with the gesture of my eyes opening. Something was bothering me and at first, I did not remember what could be the cause but my memory came flooding back in an instant.
My mate was in my house.
A few feet away from my room, just down the hall in the only guest room I had – the other two asides from mine belonged to Ken and my parents and I wasn’t ready to clear it out – my mate was sleeping. There was no need to strain to hear his breathing because once Hera awoke, the first thing that happened was the sharpening of senses and I instantly picked up the steady beat of his heart and the faint sound of his inhale and exhale.
It was calming.
I smiled like an i***t, pulling the cover over my face as happ
