Aurora’s POV Strong arms are banded around my waist, I realize, when I wake up. Thorne’s spicy scent surrounds me, and my body is pulled tightly back against his warm body. It’s something I grew used to and something I missed over the last two weeks. Not being near him like this was a form of torture, or something close to it. Add that to having to watch him with Angeline, I didn’t think we would be close like this again. I missed this. I missed him. Everything from last night floods back in, and I bite my lip. Had that really happened? Did he really tell me he loves me? A giddy feeling fills me, and I look up. My eyes connect with Thorne’s, and I nearly jump. He’s so quiet that I thought he was still asleep. “Morning,” he rumbles in that husky sleep voice I love. It instantly