My own bed. Ares had just said that so casually, but to me the thought that I would have my own bed like this one was completely extraordinary.
I would have a real bed like the one he was sitting on when we got back to his territory, but I had never slept in a bed before.
He stood up, and gestured to the spot he had been occupying.
“You should lie down and rest. It’s probably for the best if I see if there is another room I can stay in.”
My heart shrank and my shoulders slumped slightly.
I knew that it was for the best and that we should not spend too much time alone, but I was disappointed.
“You don’t have to do that.”
“I know that the thought of sharing a room with me makes you uncomfortable.”
“It doesn’t.”
Not in the way that he probably thought, anyway. I just hadn’t wanted
