Chapter 146

• Timur
• The next morning, I woke up to an empty bed. I jumped to my feet and searched the room for a sign of her, but she wasn’t there.
• Gripping the doorknob, I took a deep breath. Serena had never tried to escape, not once since she agreed to offer her life in the stead of her brother. I doubted that she would start now. I had to calm the fuck down. She was beginning to mess with my thoughts. Every fucking morning and night, she was all I could think of. I wanted to know what she was doing, how she did it, and when she did it. Even after I’d tried to stay away, and—considering how eagerly I’d jumped at the opportunity to fuck her yesterday—it obviouslydidn’t work,I still couldn’t convince myself to steer clear of her.