Right now I needed air...

Arya

I must have fallen asleep in Adonis’s arms, the calming effect of the mate bond truly was a remarkable thing to experience, I now understood why it was so difficult to live without it once you have found it, the reason my father died within merely hours of finding out our mother had been killed. And with the pain of their absence still so fresh and heavy on my heart, I honestly didn’t want to open my eyes right now.

I didn’t want to have to think about rejecting Adonis, I knew it would kill me, I could feel it. But what choice did I have, I knew Sean wouldn’t let this go, he hated the Thorin’s way too much and now that he was in power over our kingdom, he would break all ties with them once they left.

Suddenly a hard knock at the door shook me from my sleep, my eyes flew open when the knocks became louder and louder.

Adonis growled as he finally let go of me to go and see who it was, upon opening it an incredibly enr