Chapter 131

Selah

Kaelen gently scooped me into his arms and carried me from the lab. My entire body felt heavy with exhaustion, muscles protesting after hours hunched over microscopes and test tubes. I should have fought his high-handedness—insisted I could walk on my own—but the comforting scent that clung to his skin made me relax against his chest instead.

"I'm taking you home to rest," he murmured, his v