Night passed by like the blinks of lashes for Ryley. He could not fetch some sleep for himself at all! Although he tried but the thought of her sleeping inside unconscious did not let him sleep. He passed the time sitting out on the white bench in the garden constantly eyeing her window.
He felt guilty of her condition even though it was not really him. Yeah, it will not be wrong to call him a coward because of whom this all happened to her! If Ryley had accepted her the last year only after finding out that he is his mate rather than hiding it not only from his friends but also from himself then may be, the circumstances had been different now.
Never mind, let's just keep the past in the past and talk about the present. And Ryley's present was as saddening as the night of a howling rain
