Chapter 353

Elara's POV

Zarek Vane.

The realization hit like a jolt of lightning.

He didn't even flinch under my weight. His lips curved, soft and unhurried. "You're awake."

My breath caught in my throat. He was lying in bed, wearing only a dark-grey sleep shirt, his silver hair a little tousled against the pillow. I stared, unable to process what I was seeing.

Why—why was I in bed with him? The last thing I