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Though my body was on my mattress, my dreams took me into the sky on the back of a beautiful, silver-scaled dragon.
Days passed.
I ate, drank, and slept. When I was conscious, it was only for a few minutes. Between Vi, Randa, and Eli, there was always someone ushering me back to bed if I got up for more than the time it took to use the bathroom.
My emotions leveled out a bit as I slept, so I didn’t so much as try to stay awake.
I finally got up for good early one morning. Padding out of my room quietly, I found Eli snoring on the couch. Randa and Vi were both in their own rooms, also asleep.
A drowsy glance at the clock told me it was only four AM.
I brushed a few greasy waves from my eyes, then slipped out through the front door.
There was a balcony a few feet to the left, where I could stand and look out at the sky.
I took in a few deep breaths of air.
It smelled wrong.
Not like the forest—not like the cabin.
Not like the place I’d come to think of as home.
I lifted August’s shirt to my nose and inhaled deeply.
My stomach clenched.
His scent was gone from the fabric.
I missed it.
With all that sleep and food leveling me out, I could finally think rationally again.
Eli was right. It wasn’t out of character for August to leave without a goodbye if he’d decided he was coming back. And he wouldn’t have left me without the cabin, and money to protect me.
And he definitely wouldn’t have bitten me if he wasn’t coming back for me.
But he’d bitten me.
And I mattered to him.
So he would come back for me when he could.
The front door opened again, a little louder, and Eli came staggering out. He let out a relieved breath when he saw me looking out over the balcony. “Thought I’d lost you again,” he mumbled. “August would kill me.”
He wouldn’t, but he definitely would’ve been pissed.
“I’m fine,” I said, turning my head back to the sky.
August would’ve called me out for the lie.
He would’ve told me we were supposed to be a team.
But he wasn’t there.
My throat swelled, but no tears fell.
Eli stepped up beside me, leaning against the railing too.
