Chapter 80: Guilty Feelings

(Piper POV)

After dinner was over and we said good night to everyone, Leo escorted me to the bedroom that I would be staying in for the next two weeks. It was a large, airy room with a private bathroom, and it was right across the hall from his room.

I want to tell you that I was relieved to have my own room. After all, that would have been the right way to feel. And a separate room would have been what Xander, Aiden, and Asher would have expected me to ask for. More importantly, it was what any morally-sound she-wolf being forced into a marriage to someone who was not her mate would want.

Unfortunately, however, if I told you that I was relieved to have my own room, I would be lying. Despite everything, I enjoyed being close to Leo. And I somehow seemed to sleep better when he was around.

That makes me sound like a horrible she-wolf, doesn’t it?

Do you want to know what’s even worse? I was starting to fall for Leo.

Admittedly, Leo’s evil —Mr. Hyde— side scared me. I was con