Twenty Two

Chapter 22

(Morning After)

Elena POV.

I shifted, feeling the plush softness of the bed beneath my fingertips. For a moment, all I could feel was the warm, sweet glow and comforts of bed.

I stretched out, my fingertips touching another body.

My eyes flew open.

I looked around, my brain taking a moment to catch up with where I was. I was in the room with Dracul, in the middle of nowhere. We'd been visiting the magician.

We had made love.

I sank back into the sheets; my eyes open wide as I started up at the ceiling. Dracul was beside me; I could see the curve of his body beneath the sheets.

I should feel regret.

I didn't though. I didn't feel regret. All I felt was the comfort and softness of the warm blankets around me. All I felt was how solid Dracul was behind me in the bed.

It was a comfort, waking up with someone beside me. I had never imagined that it could feel so good to wake up with someone. I had never imagined how this might feel.

I had never thought of making love and what it