You’re up early,” Arian said as soon as he opened his eyes, his gaze sweeping across the room, taking in every inch before laying eyes on Raya.

Flashes from last night swarmed his vision. They were lucky to have made it back to the room after falling asleep in the garden till midnight.

“Yeah,” Raya replied, moving around swiftly.

She looked like she had gotten little sleep last night.

“I had to do a few things this morning, including breakfast. The king will be down in a minute, so could you please get up?”

“And bossy too,” Arian teased with a smirk.

He sat up, the sheets pooling around his...