I woke up the following morning in a different room. I blinked the sleep out of my eyes as I looked around. I gently stirred in my spot and noticed a hand was wrapped around my waist. It was Lucian's. I blushed heavily as I recalled the number of times we went at it yesterday, and we weren't even able to talk about what we had to talk about. I slowly moved closer to Lucian and closed my eyes. Are things finally looking up for us? Does this mean he accepts us as his mate since he has already marked us? "Or maybe he was enticed by your heat yesterday..." Kaia chimed in. "Why do you have to ruin everything, Kaia?" I frowned. "Well, he did say he never wanted a mate. He always acts so cold and distant towards you, and then all of a sudden he cares about you and he bent you over multiple t