Chapter 9

We ate in relative silence. I guess everyone was unsure in how to act after that.

After we cleaned the dishes, I went to take a needed shower, and by the time I was out, Eloim was already put to bed.

I had no idea how to act around Xander now. The echo of that kiss reverberated on my skin. He used the bathroom after me, so that we didn’t have much time to talk about it and it was getting late and I was getting up early tomorrow for work. Which would be the last I’d possibly...