Chapter 17

CLAIR.

I turned around and lay flat on my stomach while I covered my head with my pillow to tune out the sound that woke me up, but the knocking didn’t stop. I grunted before flipping my body again, my lashes fluttering as I forced my eyes open and stared at the ceiling.

"Give me a moment," I called out to the person outside my door, and the knocking eventually stopped.

I took a moment to wake myself up and ended up remembering the events of last night. I was almost killed by a rogue, but it was not the thought that forced me out of bed.

Jake was here last night. In my room. In my bed.

Or was he? Did I just dream that?

I looked around for any evidence of his presence the night before, and it was then that I noticed a folded shirt on the other side of the bed, where I remembered him lying the night before. I reached for the shirt and saw a piece of paper neatly folded above it.

A note.

My heart was thudding loudly as I opened it excitedly. A smile curled on my lips as I read th