Everly POV
I wake up to pee during the night and realizes Valarian is in my bed. However, it is the body beside him that makes me tense. No wonder my back was killing me with Valarian's butt resting in the center of it.
Shaking my head, I quickly race to the bathroom. I never usually woke up in the middle of the night and would remain asleep until my alarm woke me. So, I was a little disoriented as I walked back to the room. Glancing at the alarm clock that resided on the bedside table, I noted that it was a little after 3 AM. Why was I awake? In the pit of my stomach, I knew it was the bond, the dull throbbing ache of him being around for so long and the bond trying to pull me nearer and wanting me to seek him out.
I even took one of my pills, hoping the incessant niggling pains would
