Tala’s POV
Sleeping in this strange room and knowing that my parents weren’t just right down the hall kept me up most of the night. I watched through the window as Ridley and the others came back from their secret, not so secret party in the early morning hours. I quickly switched off my light and pulled the covers over my head when I heard his footsteps come into my room, and I breathed a sigh of relief when he stopped and didn’t enter.
I’d locked the door just in case, but knowing that he wasn’t going to try anything in his drunken state made me feel just a little more at ease. I had always known he was the gentlemanly type, but from what some of the older girls said about what happened when they found their mates … I wasn’t sure if he would want to … Anyway, I was happy when he didn’t
