Chapter 52

With another long sigh, he pushed off the wall and limped to his room. Kicking off his boots, he sprawled out on his bed, wings splayed wide and hanging off the edges of the mattress. Tired as he was, sleep felt out of reach.

At a plaintive meow, he glanced over in time to see Asshole jump up beside him. Alpha Rhye held out a hand for the cat to rub its head against, frowning with the movement at how heavy his arm suddenly felt.

Instead of coming closer, the cat hesitated and looked at the window, ears perked.

Letting his hand fall, he craned his head against the pillow to squint at the window, fighting to keep his lids open when they wanted nothing more than to close.

The sleep that felt so far away only a second before was rapidly dragging him under, clouding his mind and blurring his vision.

Even the spurt of adrenaline that shot through him at Asshole’s threatening hiss and his instincts screaming that something was very, very wrong did nothing to stop his