THE SUN was shining through the dancing curtains. I watched how the birds flew in the open sky, so free, so liberated, so unrestrained from the shackles of the world, and I opened my mouth, letting out a meek whimper as my body trembled and I rode my own high. I felt just like the birds. Liberated. Free. Finally, for the first time in my life, unrestricted from any cage and confinement. My eyes watered and my bones were unfettered. I released everything, while Rhys Ethelwulf, my former cage holder planted soft kisses all over my nape.
After I was done, he slipped his arm underneath me and he held me sideways, probably watching the birds too. Or anything else that came to his mind. Nobody could ever know what was on his mind, and I hated that I did too. I was his mate. We were supposed to
