chapter 17

Valen I’m woken by noise up the hall. Rolling over on the couch, I rub my eyes and can feel that Everly is awake, hear her at the back of the place, rummaging around and doing something. I try to go back to sleep, but when I hear tiptoed footsteps in the hall, I crack an eye open to see her go to the front door, whispering under her breath to herself. I sit up, wondering where she’s going so late at night. I hear the door unlock, then relock before hearing her footsteps again. “What are you doing?” I grumble and she jumps, startled. “Nothing. I was making sure we locked the door,” she answers before padding off back down the hall. Now awake, I go to get a drink, yet she feels off through the bond; it makes me wonder why she feels scared? The scariest thing in this damn place is lying on the couch. Does she really think I would let someone in to get to them? Lying back down, I try to go back to sleep. Just as I’m in that part of sleep when you’re asleep, yet also not, my ears prick at s