Avery’s POV
Dim light was filtering past the window curtains when I groggily pulled myself from sleep. Something had awoken me, but for a moment I wasn’t sure what. My mind was full of hazy memories, and it took me a long moment to remember where I was.
Ah, right.
The Council palace.
I had… been at the ball? And then…
Someone had escorted me upstairs. We had been going to an alcove, no, my room. Then we’d ended up in an alcove… then…
I squinted my eyes at the ceiling, trying to remember. Why was this so hard?
I had ended up in this room. My room here at the council palace… There had been a man here… I hadn’t seen his face but we had… oh god…
Some of what we had done filtered through my memories suddenly, and I blushed and squeezed my eyes shut. Not again!
There was a loud noi
