Chapter 194: Not A Dream
"Ahhh..."
Cas sighed in satisfaction when he lounged on the comfortable bed, freely getting himself settled on the sheets after taking a refreshing bath and changing his clothes into something more appealing for tonight. He placed both his hands behind the back of his head, using it as a pillow while his heavy eyelids drooped to a close.
Without blood consumption, his body was still relatively weak, and since he didn’t want to bother Madeline after the awful journey they just had, he decided to get some sleep with the hopes that his urges to taste blood will leave his mind for the meantime till he recovers a bit of strength.
Releasing a deep breath, Cassian could hear the clock on the wall ticking each seconds, he couldn’t guess how long he had tried to make himself fall asleep, but when he opened his eyes to steal a peek at what the time might be, the door to the room quietly opened, swaying his mind from the clock, and Cassian’s sleepy eyes fell on the young woman who stepped in.
In an instant, his eyes snapped wide in confusion and awe when the Madeline he knew stood at the entrance of the door, dressed in nothing but a navy blue, satin chemise that was barely long enough to cover her shapely derriere. The chemise glided over her body like silk, and it was also adorned with lace trim at the bottom.
Her midnight-black hair fell in smooth, loose waves around her shoulders to her back, accentuating the natural beauty of her delicate face. Whenever he saw her hair looking like that, Cassian always had the urge to twist a lock around his finger, succumbing to the softness, and then he would pull slightly to force a reaction out of the stubborn woman.
But then, Madeline wasn’t someone who would tempt him enough to imagine things this roughly.
Unable to believe the wondrous sight in front of him, he sat up properly and rubbed his eyes, wanting to confirm if he was seeing things or if it was just his hallucinations, but alas! She was standing right there looking like an archangel about to punish him.
In a trapped daze, his unshifting gaze studied her from head to toe, from the innocent smile on her soft-looking pink lips to the wicked features of her face. He knew from her appearance and expression that this woman had a dangerous intention tonight, one he clearly wasn’t ready to deal with as he was already battling with his inner desires for blood.