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100: Guest house

Rune’s POV

I lay in bed, staring at Alora, unable to sleep.

She was fast asleep, her breathing even and steady, her expression calm. But even in her sleep, there was a trace of something –pain, maybe, or fear.

She was curled on her side, one hand resting near her face, the other cradling her belly protectively. I watched the slow rise and fall of her chest, and all I could think about was how wrong this all felt.

Anger. Desire. Possession. And something else, a nagging sense of betrayal that I couldn’t shake. She was mine, and yet, she wasn’t. Not completely. Not with that child growing inside her.

I clenched my jaw, trying to push the thoughts away, but they wouldn’t leave me alone.

I wanted to reach out, to touch her, to claim her again and remind her who she belonged to. But I didn’t. I just watched, unable to do anything else.

Suddenly, a sharp voice cut through my thoughts. Ethan’s voice, urgent and agitated, pierced through the quiet as he mindlinked me.

"Rune," he
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