76. Chapter 76
Chapter 76
I nhaling his scent, I start stirring from a deep, blissful sleep. All the tension in my muscles seems to be gone, replaced by a relaxed warmth that’s already lulling me back to sleep.
But as soon as I move to get closer to him, I freeze in place, my eyes flinging open.
I push myself up and look around the bed.
He’s not here.
An image flashes through my mind — that of my hands taking the collar off his neck.
And then there’s my wolf’s ominous silence.
It’s more than enough to make dread flood me from head to toe, but I don’t let myself jump to any conclusions.
He’s in the Main Hall. Yeah, that’s it. It has to be.
I spring from the bed, quickly pull some clothes on and fling the door open, only to find Dryden’s pale face staring at me, one fist raised in a move to knock on my door.
I don’t ask the question. I just blink at him with this sinking feeling in my stomach.
He lowers his arm to his side. “He’s gone,” he tells me. He hesitates for a second. “And so is the sword.”
In an effort to collect myself, I shut my eyes tight.
Then I open them and inhale deeply. It’s alright, I tell myself. It doesn’t mean anything except that I expected too much of him too soon.
Still…
“We need to find him,” I tell Dryden.
Because regardless of what it means for the two of us and our love, I did just take the collar off the most dangerous man in the world, and put a god-killing sword in his hands.