Chapter 237
’And she says she doesn’t get tired easily,’ Killian thought as he ran his fingers through Amelia’s hair.
She was in deep sleep, clinging to his torso as she dreamt of something happy because she kept smiling. Killian liked to think he was the reason there was a smile in her sleep. Once again, Amelia had fallen asleep without his help and she showed no signs of waking up anytime soon.
Killian did not share the need to get some rest which was why he stayed awake to watch over her and enjoy tangling his fingers in her hair. Her head laid flat against his chest and like always, one of her legs was placed over his, almost trapping him to the bed.
Killian continued to toy with her hair, twirling a few strands around his finger and letting it fall. It was a sight to witness how strange he had become for finding joy in playing with her hair.
Killian looked away from Amelia to the balcony where he heard wings flapping. Of course, there would be someone to arrive and ruin the moment he was enjoying. Killian was faced with the hard task of moving Amelia who would always wake up the moment he left the bed.
Leaving the bed without waking Amelia was always a harder task than going out to fight. Killian carefully picked up her hand and slowly placed it on the other side of the bed where he intended to roll her off of him. He panicked when Amelia groaned and feared she would wake up, but to his luck, Amelia rolled on her own in the other direction.
Instead of sitting up and making a noise, Killian disappeared from the bed and appeared inches away from it where he picked up his pants and began to put them on before meeting with the person who should have a good reason for interrupting his time with his wife.
"Elijah, didn’t I order you to stay in the Blackwell castle and listen to what they are doing? Why are you here?" Killian asked, closing the balcony door behind him to not wake Amelia with his conversation. This was the first time Elijah personally came to the North since he was left to remain in the shadows and watch the Blackwells. "What happened?"
"Fraser was poisoned today," Elijah said.