Avery stands up, her face going white.Her legs are numb, and her entire body is trembling as she moves.She feels like she's going to faint."What do you mean?" She asks, trying to keep her tone level, but she fails, her voice rising as she reaches the end of her question.What the fuck did he just say, Sonya snarls, and Avery is struggling to keep her in."Do you think this is all some sort of joke?" Avery snarls, her eyes flashing rapidly as she begins pacing the room.She's trying and failing to calm herself down, her canines descending and her bones beginning to crack as they prepare to shift.Roman stays silent, which is possibly the worst thing he could do."Has this all been a funny little play-pretend game to you?" She growls, her face slowly shifting, her bone structure changing quickly."It was never a joke," he murmurs, standing up and running both hands through his hair.If we're lucky, at this rate of running his hands through his hair, he'll go bald, Sonya grumbles.Bal

He clears his throat, wondering if she heard him.As he's about to repeat himself, she sighs."Yeah, well I've only had this place a year, I've had my room for twenty-eight," she shrugs, finally reaching her bedroom and flinging open the door, sliding along the wood in her fluffy socks.Roman peers in cautiously as if he was expecting to be attacked by something.Avery rolls her eyes at his nervousness, folding her arms over her chest and scowling at him."Nobody is in here, just get in and close the door," she mutters, and he rolls his eyes."If you frown anymore, you'll get wrinkles," he grumbles, looking around the room and his eyes landing on her massive bed.His mouth opens and his eyebrows raise in surprise as he blinks at it, shaking his head.Avery rolls her eyes, used to this reaction from her family when they came individually to inspect her home.She likes working from her bed, which means she needs to be comfortable. She would also sleep for a year if she could, so she nee

Avery startles herself awake and feels slightly trapped for some reason.Slowly, she starts being able to comprehend the world around her, and through her bleary eyes, she can see a massive tree trunk of an arm trapping her to the bed.She blinks in surprise and looks at the body the arm is attached to, squinting to see the face the body is attached to.She can't see the face; it's buried in her stomach.She recognises the curly hair, though, and sits up in irritation, flicking the face as she looks at her phone for the time.It's 10 am, and Avery raises her eyebrows - she slept for eleven hours.She usually maybe gets six on a good night; she just isn't a deep sleeper."Wake up, you prick," she grunts, wiggling her legs to try to get him off of her.Roman wakes up slowly, and once he makes eye contact with her, he shakes his head and puts it back down onto her stomach, closing his eyes again."Roman, get up," she groans, and he mumbles something under his breath.At least he's warm,

He rolls his eyes at her dramatics and continues typing, glancing at her in mild concern every so often."I need to go visit York, and finish emails, and check in with Kali and Kathleen," she mutters to herself, dreading the thoughts of having to move even an inch."Then do it, lazy ass," Roman sighs, shaking his head at her."Fine, I will," she snaps, dragging herself off the floor reluctantly.Her legs vibrate as she moves, and she grimaces as her legs nearly give up."I do not like you for this," she grunts, staggering to her dressing table and leaning against it to regain her balance.He smirks in her direction, feeling pretty proud of himself.I'll fix this, Sonya snarls, putting all of her energy into strengthening Avery's posture.Almost instantly, Avery stands up straight, and Avery cocks her head to the side in mock confusion."Oh, you thought I meant for the screwing? Oh gosh, no, I meant for the situation you created by lying to me," she sighs dramatically, flashing the mid

She gets a little heart attack at the volume, and she turns it down quickly, bopping her head to the music as she scurries around the kitchen, making herself a smoothie."What will I use today?" She hums to herself, before Sonya suggests a mango smoothie.Avery goes with it, pulling her ingredients out of the fridge and freezer, and then throwing them all into a blender.She raises the music's volume while the blender is on, and she screams the words of the song as she dances around her kitchen.The best part of being an adult - if you can ignore the loneliness, which she absolutely can.Once her smoothie is done, she pours it into a travel mug and leaves the blender on the counter-top, quickly linking her maid that there's some slight mess.Once the lady responds, Avery leaves, locking her doors and setting her alarm system behind her.Walking down the steps of her house, she looks around intently, squinting in every direction.She won't lie; she would appreciate a companion in case