Chapter 6
I was alone when I woke up. It was pitch black outside and the fire still burned, so I probably hadn’t slept long. But the space Axel had occupied was empty, and I shivered despite being covered by the blanket. I gazed up to the loft, but it was dark and I couldn’t see anything.
Sighing, I closed my eyes, but the couch was too big for just one person. I—who slept by myself most nights—was lonely. I got up, drank a glass of water, and managed to find the bathroom where I couldn’t resist the calling of the shower.
Freshly showered and dressed only in my boxer briefs and undershirt, I leaned against the handrail of the stairs leading up to the loft. I wanted to go up there and join him. Wanted to be surrounded by his woodsy scent and listen to him humming in his sleep.
But I sho
