Chapter 34. Morning Light

The bedroom was quiet when Beck pushed the door open; his eyes went straight to the bed. He had left the room earlier in the morning because he didn’t want them to wake up and see him in their room like a creep.

The blanket covering him confused him for a moment, but he figured it was Jared who had covered him sometime during the night.

Hayden and Myla were still asleep, the two of them tangled together beneath the thick blanket, her head tucked under his chin while his arm was locked protectively around her waist. The exhaustion on Myla’s face was stark even in sleep… The tight line of her jaw had eased only slightly, like a woman who had been fighting in her dreams as hard as she fought awake.

Beck stopped at the edge of the bed; something in his chest stirred and pulled taut as he watched them. Myla’s hair had come loose in sleep, the dark curls spilling across the pillow and Hayden’s arm like silk. He was actually surprised by how deeply Hayden was sleeping. Th