Chapter Forty - Five

None of your Concern:

Arkyn carried her through the doorway and began heading to his room. Alice gave in pretty quickly and rested her head on his chest. She couldn’t ignore how good it felt to be near him. The warmth he was throwing off felt so nice, her goosebumped skin begged for it. She inhaled his scent, the smell instantly making her feel calm. She had spent her whole life on edge and it felt unreal that she could finally relax.

“You're freezing.” Arkyn mumbled and pushed the door to the bedroom open.

“I will be fine.” Alice replied quietly, she could feel the cold down to her bones but she was not going to tell him.

“The cold can kill you.” Arkyn said his jaw clenched as he said that, thoughts of Lydia crept into his head.

“You killed me.” The words rumbled and jumbled around in his head making himself feel sick, hsi stomach twisted in on itself as if it wanted to empty its contents.

The quick intensity of emotion rushing out of him made her own stomach drop in respons