Chapter 24 - A Week of Absence

“Samarah, please don’t give me a reason to be the bad guy,” Adhler caressed her cheeks, tracing her jaw, then held her chin gently. “Because you’re worth every atrocious thing I could commit just to make you mine,”

Adhler put Charlene to sleep. She was tired from the journey and from all that had happened that week. Charlene had fallen asleep the moment her back relaxed on Adhler’s bed.

The Lycan Prince stared at the woman as he brushed her hair in between his fingers. Gently, he goes up and down, making sure she’s sleeping tight.

“I never expected you’d do that, Samarah,” he said, remembering the moment the woman kissed him first. Adhler knew Charlene from the years they spent in the academy.

They were not lovers, but they were good friends. They spend the nights in the library, they walk in the garden when they feel stuffed inside the buildings… they watch the moon at night, feeling the breeze against their skin.

They eat out at the festivals, they sneak out during night hours to