Chapter 63
JULAIN POLE
When I woke up in the middle of the night, for a few seconds I didn't remember where I was. All I felt was warmth behind me and an arm locked around my waist. Jace held me like he had spent the entire night expecting me to disappear. Maybe he did. He didn't sleep much. I could tell from the way his grip tightened every time I moved in my sleep.
But the room was empty and cold now. His side of the bed had no warmth left in it.
I sat up slowly and my head hurt from everything that happened yesterday. The news. The tension. The fear in Jace's eyes he tried to hide. The phone call Jace received in the middle of the night when he thought I was asleep. Everything is piling on top of everything.
I rubbed my face and stood up. The house felt wrong. Quiet in the wrong way. That was the first sign.
The second sign was the look on Liam's face when I walked downstairs.
