Chapter Forty-Three

Jackson

I growled at the screen as I turned the pancakes in the pan. I was on the sixth episode of Bleed With Me, and I was cursing every single second of enjoyment I gained from the sordid show.

“Screw her for introducing me to this show,” I grumbled. “And screw King Westin for intentionally sending the prince on a wild goose chase. I swear to–”

“Good morning,” Imani greeted breezily as she entered the kitchen. I fumbled with my cell phone and nearly dropped it in pancake batter. I caught it before I faced an early-morning crisis and shut off the show before she could figure out what I was up to. “Are you okay?” she questioned as she approached the coffee maker.

“I’m fine.”

“You don’t look fine.”

“I look better than you,” I teased lightly, smoothing down her curls that had tangled from her wild sleeping.

“Ouch,” she commented with a roll of her eyes as she poured herself a cup of coffee.

“I should be saying that. Is there a reason you sleep so violently?”