Chapter Forty-Four.

Adrian's P O V

Reluctantly, I peeled my eyes open several hours later to dawn that kept up with its rude disturbance that didn't relent until I eventually let my eyes open after trying to fight my awakening for so long.

I was still present in my private ward and trust me when I say, I had the best sleep I've had my entire life just last night even though I was on the least comfortable beds I've slept in.

Her warmth and presence in my arms the entire time was more than enough to get me through the night but I didn't wake up to a smile on my face when my eyes would meet her sleeping face or her eyes piercing into mine as I had expected because I had woken up to her absence.

At what point in time she left and how she slipped away without my knowledge felt like a whole mystery to me.

I was almost certain I had her secured In my strong hold.

A mystery that placed a frown on my face when I sat up to scan the entire room only to be met by Travis's beady eyes complimenting the weird all too w