All Chapters of The Lycan king Forbidden Mate: Chapter 41 - Chapter 43

Sergio's POV  The morning light was pale and grey when I opened my eyes. The fire had died completely, the room was cold, and my body was stiff from lying in the same position for too long. I did not remember falling asleep, and I did not remember Leandro leaving.I actually thought he had left, but I was wrong. He had not left.He was sitting in the chair across from the bed, and his golden eyes were watching me, and his hands were wrapped around a cup of tea. His hair was messy, and his shirt was rumpled, and there were dark circles under his eyes that had not been there before.He looked very tired. More tired than I had ever seen him."You are staring," I said. My voice came out cracked, due to the shouting last night.Leandro did not smile. He just stood up, walked to the bed, and he handed me the cup of tea. The warmth seeped into my cold fingers, and I held it tightly, as I breathed in the steam

Sergio's POVThe days after the confession passed differently than the ones before.I noticed small things that I had never noticed before. I noticed the way the morning light turned the snow on the windowsill into something that looked like diamonds, the way the tea tasted different depending on which servant brewed it, and the way the guards outside my door shifted their weight from one foot to the other when they thought no one was watching.I had spent so much of my life hiding, making myself small, and not noticing anything because noticing meant being present, and being present meant being vulnerable.But I was tired of hiding.I started keeping a small notebook on the table beside my bed. Every morning, I wrote down one thing I was grateful for. Some days it was the warmth of the fire, and other days it was the taste of honey in my tea. Once, it was simply the fact that I had woken up without a nightmare.It felt strange at first, like I was pretending to be someone I was not.