Alpha's Regret: Losing His True Mate

ELODIE’S POV~

Around midnight, sleep finally started pulling at me. I set my book down on the nightstand. Reached over and clicked off the lamp.

The room went dark except for the glow of Dante’s laptop screen across the room.

I lay down, facing away from him. Facing toward the edge of the bed.

Part of me thought I wouldn’t be able to sleep. It had been so long since I’d shared a bed with him. Months, maybe. The last few times I’d stayed at the villa, I’d slept in Liora’s room or in the guest bedroom.

But then I thought, maybe it wouldn’t matter. Maybe once he finished working, he’d leave anyway. Go to Sienna.

He wasn’t obligated to stay here.

With that thought, my eyes grew heavier.

The rhythmic clicking of his keyboard became white noise.

And somewhere in that sound, I drifted off.

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I slept deeply. Better than I had in weeks, actually.