Chapter 26

Elvira POV

I don’t know what made me say those words.

“Don’t go. Stay with me.” Really? Elvira really? 

The second they slipped past my lips, I wanted to snatch them out of the air. I kept my face turned, pretending to be asleep. My heart was thudding against my chest, so loud I thought it might wake him up—except he wasn’t the one asleep. I was the one pretending. 

I didn’t hear his footsteps retreating. No door creaked open. No cold air brushed against my skin. I waited. Still nothing.

After a few seconds that felt like hours, I slowly shifted, just a tiny tilt, just enough to peek through my lashes.

Alpha Jaxon was there.

Sitting at the edge of the bed, still as stone, his jaw tight and his eyes focused on s