Chapter Fifty Six

RPOV

Songs: Burning Desire by Lana Del Rey, I'm on Fire by The Staves, Bad Vibes by

The halls were dark, even the windows were black. I must have slept in. I could barely feel the floor beneath my feet as I walked down them. My head was foggy. I wasn't sure when I'd gotten out of bed or how I'd gotten here. Most likely the alcohol's fault. Then a small light captured my attention. I moved towards it, drawn to the subtle glow.

As I grew closer I realized it was coming from someone's room. The door was cracked allowing a few golden beams to escape into the blackness—a budding dawn splitting open a long dark night.

It was a familiar room, one I'd intruded on before.

A noise escaped into the hall. Was he having a nightmare again? Did he need me to wake him?

I pushed open the door, not wanting him to suffer alone.

Dimitri was lying on his bed with his eyes closed, but all other signs of sleep were nowhere to be found. His brow pulled together in a tight scrunch, his mouth slightly parted w