Chapter 54

Arec and Eve spent the rest of the day together until the sun started its descent on the horizon. She looked toward the orange ball of light as it dipped below the horizon.

Sighing, she said, “I guess that means it’s time for me to return to that room.”

Arec followed her gaze and nodded.

“I’m afraid so,” he said. “But after tonight, you won’t have to stay there for a while.”

Eve wrinkled her nose and said, “Yeah, but I’ll have to do it again next month.”

“And I’ll be waiting right outside the door as I’ve been doing,” Arec told her, picking up her hand and lifting it to his lips.

She smiled at him and asked, “You know you don’t have to do that, right?”

“And let you go through this transformation alone?” he asked, shaking his head. “I don’t think so.”

“You’re so good to me,” Eve told him, leaning over to brush her lips over his.

“You’re my mate, and I love you, Eve,” Arec told her.

“I love you, too, Arec,” she said, smiling at him. “That will get us through anything, rig