You can bark all you want

I looked to see Zane supporting my weight in panic and concern. I turned to him and requested something I needed very urgently.

“Can you please take me to my room?”

He lifted me up and sped to my room as fast as he could.

He got to my room, opened the door, and dropped me on my bed. He covered me with the duvet and wished me a good rest before quietly leaving the room.

I stared at the doors for some minutes before turning to sleep, the situation with Dante wearing me out immediately.

***

I woke up much later feeling more refreshed but not wanting to interact with anyone because I had done more than enough these past two days.

I looked at my phone to see that I had slept for about four to five hours and it was evening already.

I rolled over to stretch and remembered I had a book to read. I couldn’t help but pine for my family and to distract myself, I reached over to the bedside to notify the kitchen staff that I needed my dinner up here instead alongside a cup of hot chocolate.

I dra