Chapter 157.

Darian carried me to the shower and washed me off before he put me in bed and covered me. He placed a kiss on my head and mumbled something but I was too exhausted to hear him and my eyes closed before I could fathom what was happening. I opened my eyes and looked around but where was I? I didn’t recognize anything around me. There was a lit fire in a small fireplace against a wall where a pot hung from metal hooks. It was dark and gloomy, with a single carpet in the center of the cottage and furs placed all around. The bed I was lying on was hard and when I looked down I realized that there was no mattress, just thick fur, and blankets. Don’t freak out, there is an explanation for this.  “Hello?”  It was a one-bedroom cottage with no place for anyone to be hiding. “Darian?”  No answer. I didn’t smell anything either, not from the fire or from the fur or the scents of whoever lived here.  Panicking wouldn’t do me any good so I decided to take a look around. The last thing I remembered