Chapter 94

  LIV’S POV   Just as I finished dressing up, Kaelon took a few steps towards me and  cradled my face in his large, warm hands and kissed my forehead. There was something different in the way he looked at me then. It wasn’t lust. It wasn't a possession. It was something deeper, raw, intense, almost frightening in its honesty. I couldn’t say a word. My lips were swollen. My thoughts were jumbled. My legs barely held me up as he pulled me into his arms, whispering against my hair, "Come upstairs with me. Let me show you your room." His room. Our room? I followed him, barefoot and a little dizzy from what just happened. He opened the door to a guest room, but it looked like nothing like that. The pale ivory walls were soft and feminine, and the bed was large and inviting, with velvet throw pillows arranged like a royal display. Sunlight streamed in through sheer curtains. It smelled like lavender and Kaelon. "You’ll stay here," he said, watching me for my reaction. "I want you here. With