Chapter 50: Powerful and in Complete Control

Aurora's POV:

I wake to an empty bed.

It's only been a couple of nights but I've gotten used to sleeping next to him and so finding him missing is...

Well, I'm not sure what it is. Disappointing? Upsetting? Unsettling? I don't know.

What I do know, is that I've never felt like this before. I've never felt like I needed someone there, just so that I can sleep at night. I've always been more independent than that. In fact, I'd have laughed at my friends if they had told me they felt that way about someone; perhaps even pitied them.

It's still dark out, and a glance at Landon's alarm clock tells me I've only been asleep a few hours.

My body aches from everything we've done. I feel like I've run a 10K race. I'm exhilarated, yet exhausted. I consider just turning over and going back to sleep, but I don't know if I can.

He's not here.

His bed smells of him, but it's not the same. I need the warmth of his skin, the sound of his breathing.

I need him.