I woke up later to hear the sound of someone's heartbeat. I opened my eyes slightly to see the light pale green of Sasha's shirt. I mentally cursed myself. She wasn't supposed to be here. I wasn't supposed to be this close. She wasn't supposed to be this close. What was I thinking? I guess I was thinking how nice it was to wake up knowing someone was there.
I straightened, moving my hair out of my face. She was still out cold. Looking at her, she looked so peaceful. Oh Sasha. So stubborn. So willing to love life. She needed to stay away from me far away because Rowan liked her too. I sighed, restraining myself from moving her hair out of her face. So this was what it was like to start falling for someone.
I didn't want to wake her, but Sebastian would be worried and he would also blame me. I sighed.
"Sasha?" I whispered.
She groaned. She wasn't a morning person today. I chuckled.
"Sasha," I tried again.
She swatted me, doing a shushing sound. I smiled. She wasn't like this with Sebastian. She was always up before the sun. I slightly liked this side of her.
"Sasha?"
"What?" she growled.
"You need to get going. Sebastian is going to kill us both."
That got her awake.
"I … why?" she slurred rubbing her eyes.
"I don't know why you're still here," I whispered looking up at her through hooded eyes.
I felt her breath catch. Why were we drawn together? I would be her downfall. Sebastian was courting her and I needed to respect that.
"I should ... should get going," she whispered.
"Aye," I said.
She got up and left without another word without another glance back, but I felt it. The string she had told me about tugging us together. It was tethered to my heart. It was a dangerous game and I would fight it with everything I had.
Once she was gone, I got up. I was not as tired as I was yesterday, but still pretty tired. There had to be a way to suppress Rowan. A way I could stay in control. A way I could possibly be safe to be around. I sighed. I was hoping too much. I was marked by the God of Chaos after all. I would have no peace until death- maybe not even then.