She had been to see him again. But as he opened his eyes, he was disappointed that she wasn’t still there. Still, her scent was rubbed all over his body, and he could tell she had placed herself in his arms as he had hoped. What did she think when she looked up into his face that he hoped portrayed his love for her? He desperately wished he could have seen it. “Hey, ‘grats, man. She came back. So you gonna mate her tonight?” Bogdan asked. “Hope so. To tell you the truth, I was hoping she would be here when I woke up. Something must have come up.” He pushed back his feeling of disappointment and tried to think of a reason she wasn’t there. “Huh, she left her stuff here, so maybe she was planning on coming back,” Stelios said. Looking to where he indicated, sure enough, Dultyn saw her new laptop and her drawing things. That would have normally made him feel much better, but something felt off. He felt anxious. “Let’s head in—” “Dultyn?” Dultyn recognized Rushod’s voice coming from down below.
