AUTHOR’S POV“How are you feeling this morning, little runaway?”Aria dragged the heavy duvet down to her chin, her brown eyes snapping open to find Jacob sitting casually at the edge of the mattress. He wore a crisp black shirt, his sleeves rolled up to expose his thick, muscular forearms.“Go to hell,” she spat, her voice raspy from sleep.Jacob chuckled, a dark, vibrating sound that rumbled deep inside his broad chest. “I am already there, sweetheart. And you are keeping me excellent company.”“Get out of my room,” Aria demanded, glaring daggers at his handsome, too smug face.“My room,” Jacob corrected smoothly, leaning back against the wooden bedpost. “My castle. My territory. You really do not have the authority to kick me out, Aria. But I will ask you one more time. How are you doing?”Turning her head away, she firmly clamped her mouth shut. She refused to give him the satisfaction of a polite answer.Watching her stubborn profile, a wicked, taunting smile stretched across Ja
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