Chapter 108

Kyra

I wake up to Elijah pulling the curtain to the side. The sunlight streams inside of the room like an unwelcome guest, and the vampire laughs when I hiss. I drag the bedsheet over my head, and the vampire sits down at the edge of the bed.

"Please pull back the curtain..." I beg.

Elijah chuckles in amusement. "If I didn't know better, I would say you're acting more than a vampire than I do."

I speak from under the bedsheet. "Don't your kind like the sun?"

"Usually not," he exhales, seeming to drag his hands over his thighs."I love the sun, but the light burns my skin unless I wear a daylight ring. I'm an original vampire, one of the first. I won't die, but the sun still hurts."

Slowly, I uncover my face, meeting his red eyes. My mate smiles at me, and it hits me that Elijah must be bored. He watched me sleep for the entire duration of the night and probably can't wait to leave the bed behind.

Embarrassingly enough, I vaguely