Just one more.

Rose's POV

I waited with bated breath, unable to take my eyes off him.

Now that my head was even clearer and he was here, the past of where we left off sat clearly in my mind.

Only two days before, without speaking, he had left me to wake up alone. Even though I was given the assurance of our continued 'relationship' of sorts, and many days and nights in his embrace, I couldn't help the slight strand of doubt that had entered me. Doubt which followed until the attack.

And then, he was there and according to him, he was coming to see me that night. Had the dankeh not attacked, he would have seen me.

It may have been somewhat foolish, but I needed to know where we clearly stood at the moment. Even though he wasn't planning on discarding me with our mate bond, I still needed some sort of assurance.

“What about us?" He was throwing the question back at me. A familiar spark of annoyance I associated with him sparked up but I quelled it down.

“I mean, are we… can we…" I trailed off, unable