I am awakened by soft knocking on the door. It takes me a moment to get to my senses and make my eyes flutter open. I breathe out slowly, watching the ceiling. I then turn my head to the right, freezing in horror. I shake Eros awake, making him groan in response. I place my hand over his mouth, trying to muffle his deep voice, that sounds nothing like a woman’s.
“Princess? Are you awake? Brunch is going to be served soon,” I hear Melite’s voice on the other side of the door. Bollocks! She can’t come in now, or else she’s going to see Eros. He fell asleep, I mean, we both did! He was supposed to leave in the early morning, but it seems like we were both too tired to realize that it is way past that time already.
That’s when Eros finally opens his eyes, slowly blinking at me, before
