Chapter 21

The way she reached for him so readily, no hesitation, no disgust in her eyes. It was astounding. He didn’t think he would ever get used to it.

Stretching on a groan, he reached for her. Eyes still closed, he patted the mattress. He wanted to wake her up with his head buried between her thighs, wanted the look of pleasure on her beautiful face to be the first thing he saw.

His lids sprang open when he felt only an indent where her body should’ve been.

The Alpha Rhye that he’d imagined it all, that his mind had conjured the taste of her just to trick him, sent despair creeping through him, eating away at the euphoria like icy poison. He went still, arm outstretched, and kept his gaze on the ceiling. He counted the lines in the wood for long minutes until the frenetic buzzing in his head retreated a little.

Chest feeling like it was caving in, he slowly rolled his head to the side.

Relief and anguish hit him when he saw the indentation in the pillow beside his.<