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. 

some sleep. I will be by at 7 AM to pick you up,” he says, cutting the link.

do was go see Nixon, but after what we found out off John I needed to investigate, though I don’t see him being cooperative. I 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 window I sat up. Valarian would struggle to fit through it, let alone any ninja that managed to scale up the building. She rushes back off to the bedroom and I shake

over to find her next to me.I near shit my pants and jumped out of my skin. She jumps in fright when I do and I groaned clutching my

with her, waking me up every goddamn second. I growled at her and sat up only to notice her blanket and pillow on the

nothing but I don‘t miss the way her lip quivers as she stood up to go back to the room. I grip her wrist as she reaches to grab her blanket, and I can feel the tremble

under her head so she can 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

her heart rate slows falling in sync with mine and her scent calms me

I wondered if I dreamt it because I was on the couch alone and Valarian and Everly were nowhere to be seen.

for

me?” I snarl

you up last night and to let you sleep,”

getting

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

I ask

says but I shake my

homeless shelter anyway. Make sure you wake me tomorrow. I don‘t care if I am tired or she keeps me up, we need to get this meeting out of the

with Everly so I should go,” Marcus

is with you? Where

run him to school so she could get an early

him to see John and Claire?” I asked

to upset you and bring him without your permission, though Claire looks pretty upset

Everly ok?” I ask him, slightly worried since she didn’t wake me. I

wouldn’t she

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