Startled, Lyra looked at him. He was now awake and staring at her. Her lips parted soundlessly.
He c****d his head. “Get in.”
She blinked. “What?”
Julian looked towards the door. The footsteps were getting closer. “Get in bed with me, unless you want to be discovered,” he told her. “You won’t make it out of here in time.”
Lyra swallowed hard. He was right. She could leave, but whoever was out there would see her. But…to get into his bed?
“He is almost here,” Julian said, arching an eyebrow.
Oh well. It was not like she had not shared a bed with him before. And done much more obscene things. Acting quickly, she climbed on the bed and lay on his other side. She wiggled downwards so that when he pulled the blanket to his chest, she was completely covered.
It was warm and smelled like h
