Chapter 336: Change in plans (3)
Rafael woke in the middle of the night to check on the fire to see if it needed wood or if one of the knights had added wood to it to last the rest of the night.
Before getting up, he looked to his side at Annalise who was sound asleep. Luckily, she wasn’t shivering from the cold air creeping into the tent. Rafael reached his hand over her to fix the blanket that had fallen off of her but stopped as Annalise started to move around in her sleep.
Rafael didn’t want to wake her now when there was still plenty of time for her to sleep, so he became still to avoid waking her. He had the pleasure of watching her snuggle closer to his body and her hand gripping his shirt, which made it impossible for him to leave to check on the fire.
In her sleep, Annalise had set a trap for him. One that would have her wake to join him wherever he was going.
Rafael had no choice but to lay back down slowly and hope that one of the knights was checking on the fire. He pushed her hair out of her face so it wouldn’t tickle her face and disturb her sleep. Annalise wiggled her nose when a strand of her hair slipped his fingers and fell on her nose.
Rafael smiled, amused by the fact Annalise didn’t think she could act cute, but here she was looking very cute as she slept. He couldn’t shake the feeling that she was doing this on purpose.
He then listened to her mumbling something and wondered if she was fighting someone in her dream or still trying to convince him to have a lot of pets.
Since he couldn’t get up now, Rafael hugged Annalise and closed his eyes to go back to sleep. At some point in time in the future, he would reveal to her just how cute she was when she slept, or keep this little secret to himself.
The next day, the knights split up into two groups. One group was following Rafael to take Annalise away from Lockwood and the other group to collect Beatrice. Rafael stayed with Annalise while Logan and Christian led the other group to get his mother.