37. Macabre of Blood

Jayden woke to the soft morning light filtering through the room's modest window, his mind still hazy from the night before. He yawned, rubbing his eyes as he took in his surroundings. The unfamiliar room slowly came into focus, and with it, the realization of where he was, he ended up in Alpha's house again. His gaze shifted downward, and there she was—Swan, fast asleep on the floor beside his bed. Her presence startled him at first, but as his head cleared, he noticed the strange comforter draped around his shoulders. Panic set in when he realized he wasn’t wearing anything underneath, something more discomforting than sleeping in the same room as Swan's. Eyes darting around the room, he spotted a shirt and a pair of trousers neatly hung over a chair. Clutching the comforter tightly around himself, he slipped out of bed as quietly as possible. He fumbled into the clothes, his cheeks flushing with a mix of embarrassment and self-consciousness. The whole time, his gaze kept darting bac