All the impossible manic energy left me instantly, like a tornado disappearing into the distance after tearing past.
And then the pain flooded in.
I sagged.
My whole body was at his mercy.
I couldn’t move.
“Shh, you’re safe,” the voice whispered again. As those arms lifted me up off my throbbing feet, cradling me gently, I realized I was sobbing.
I knew that voice.
Soren.
I hadn’t imagined dancing with him after all.
Weeping into his shirt, I pressed my face there to hide my weakness.
He murmured into my hair as he carried me away from the crowd. The music faded.
Exhaustion overpowered me.
IDIDN’T KNOW whenI fell asleep, or for how long, but he was still holding me when I woke.
I shouldn’t feel so safe in his arms, but I hadn’t been this relaxed since entering the fae world. He smelled amazing. A shot of stress spiked my blood. Had Isaidthat to him last night? I’d saidsomethingembarrassing, but I couldn’t remember exactly what.
My whole body ached. But we lay on something soft that made me never want to get up. That was the exhaustion talking.
“Did you kidnap me?” I mumbled sleepily, eyes still closed.
“I offered to let you sleep here in peace, actually,” Soren’s deep voice rumbled, proving that I wasn’t dreaming. “But you wouldn’t let me leave.”
I snorted.
“I believe your exact words were, ‘Don’t you dare.’ ”
