Khalid POV

With renewed resilience to find the love of my life, I had left the physician to go prepare for the journey ahead.

While the letter had come with a strict warning to come alone, I couldn’t help but worry, something didn’t feel right.

My instincts kept nudging me, not like my worries were enough to stop me from going to rescue the love of my life.

In fact, all that mattered to me at this point was to be able to hold her in my arms again, to be able to smell her dewy, musky, familiar scent once again, to be able to see her try to hide...