CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE

  ESMERAY

  I overslept again.I started to rise from the bed,but he tightened his hold on me and pulled me closer against his chest.

  "Stay,"his eyes were still closed when he spoke,and I was glad he didn't get to see the redness on my cheeks.It deepened as my eyes rested on his chest and my heart started to hammer all of a sudden.I'd upset him yesterday,for moon goddess knows whatever reason,but Draven didn't need a reason to be upset.It seems like my slightest movement angered him,or maybe he was angry by default.It wasn't just me,everything angered him.