Valen POV 

Rolling over on the couch, I am awoken by a noise up the hall. I rub my eyes and can feel that Everly is awake through the bond. I could hear her at the back of the place, rummaging around and doing something. I try to go back to sleep but when I hear tiptoed foot steps in the hall. 1 crack an eye open to see her go to the front door, whispering under her breath to herself. I sit up, wondering where she is going so late at night. I hear the door unlock, then relock before hearing her footsteps again. 

“What are you doing?” I grumble and she jumps startled. 

“Nothing. Was making sure we locked the door,” she answers before padding off back down the hall. 

Now awake I got up to get a drink, yet she felt off through the bond, it made me wonder why she felt scared? The scariest thing in this damn place was lying on the lounge! Did she really think I would let someone in to get to them?

Lying back down, I tried to go back to sleep. I was in that part of sleep when you are asleep yet also not, my ears prick at soft footsteps again, only this time she was checking the balcony doors. What is she expecting? Someone to scale up the side of the hotel? 

I watch her trying to ignore the nagging of the bond when she goes to the front door again. “You already checked it,” I say she stops and I could just see her from where I lay, she was standing in the hall, she rubs her temples and goes to walk back to our room when she pauses and walks back to the front door.

“Everly, I said you already checked it,” I growl at her.

“I just need to be sure,” she mutters and I listen to her twist the locks and relock them again. I click my tongue and sigh listening to her walk off again when Marcus tugs on the mind-link.

 “You just got home? I thought the company driver was meeting you halfway. Why are you up?” Marcus asks. 

“They did meet us halfway, dad and I took turns driving. And to answer your other question, because Everly keeps checking the damn locks,”

 “You two still not talking?” he asks.

“I don’t want to upset her, I have nothing nice to say right now,” I admit, feeling like a damn asshole but I didn’t know what else to feel. I was angry and words stung so I didn’t want to throw them out in anger and upset her. 

I will be by at 7 AM to pick you up,” he says,

try to sleep, I catch a couple of hours when I hear the damn lock twist on the front door again, ignoring her, I listen as she checks the balcony doors, then the window. She was driving me up the damn wall but when I heard her check the kitchen

I rolled over to find her next to me.I near shit my pants and jumped out of my

night in a fucking car and now all night with her, waking me up every goddamn second. I growled

to go back to

bury her face in my neck. She says nothing and falls asleep almost instantly while I found myself now unable to sleep trying to understand her strange action and the weird look of fright but also humiliation on her face like she was caught doing something she

rate slows falling in sync with mine and her

was on the couch alone and Valarian and Everly were nowhere to be seen. I reached for my phone to find missed calls from

mindlink and feel for Marcus tether,

didn’t you wake me?” I snarl

kept you up last night

getting

cancelled with Nixon until tomorrow, he said he had to leave the city

I ask and

bed,” Marcus says but I shake my head

I am tired or she keeps me up, we need to get this meeting out of

place with Everly so

is with you? Where is

school so she could get an early start on her mural. Zoe and I dropped him to school

take him to see John and Claire?”

your

him, slightly worried since she didn’t wake me. I didn’t even hear her

wouldn’t she

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