20. Her Name On His Lips

My eyes flipped open and I was met with complete darkness and silence, I blinked twice hoping to chase away the sleep that was threatening to pull me under once more.

I turned around on the bed and looked in the direction of where I hoped the window would be. Trying to think of what would have woken me up so suddenly.

Instead, the only thing that came to mind was the way I had fallen asleep. Wrapped up in Gwaine’s arms and breathing in his scent. I couldn’t believe how easy it had been to fall asleep in his arms. How my body had heated when he had moved just before I fell asleep, how I had enjoyed the way his fingers had began running through my thighs when he thought I was asleep.

I turned again on the bed, burying my face into the pillow and letting out a small scream of embarrassment, but that was when I noticed something.

There was silence in the room, no rattling of chains and my legs felt free. I quickly reached for the nightstand to put on the nightlight and I was shocked t