Page 94 of The Princess and the Demon

The scent of jasmine permeates the room and I feel her hand in mine, squeezing gently.

“When will he wake up?” I can hear her ask.

“When his body has fully regenerated.” Allocer’s voice says softly.

I can feel Elora’s hand against my face, brushing the hair from my brow, her lips a whisper against mine.

I want to reach for her, but I can’t.

I reach for her in my mind, reach for our bond.

“I love you, Amon.” she says against my mouth.

“I can feel you. Come back to me, demon.”

I long to. God do I long to.

But I can’t, and I feel the darkness swallow me once again.

I stir, groaning as I stretch my muscles, moving to sit up. I was sore, but altogether felt normal. Looking around my chamber I spy Allocer sitting at the table, book in hand as always.

“You look so much better.” He says, snapping the book closed.

He stands, walking over to me, placing his hands in his pockets.

I grunt in response, looking around my chamber.

“Where’s Elora?”

I move to sit on the edge of the bed, grimacing at the soreness in my limbs.

“She’s here somewhere. She was here earlier.”

I stand, stretching gingerly. “How long was I asleep?” I ask, walking towards the washroom.

“Eight days.” Allocer says, pushing his glasses onto the bridge of his nose.

“Eight days!?” I bellow, spinning on him.

Allocer holds his hands up and shrugs. “We have no knowledge of how long it can take to regenerate. But please keep in mind, brother, if I would have let you go another day you would have died.”

Dying was such a generic term, demons didn’t die.

We either ascended or we ceased to exist.

I grunt in response as I stalk towards the bathroom.

“I need a bath and something to eat before I see my mate.”

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ELORA

Ifound myself in the library today, trying to take my mind off of Amon. I was there every day, and Allocer had to shoo me out many times. I had slept next to him, wrapping my arms around him and covering his face in kisses.

Other times I just laid my head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat steadily.

It brought me comfort, but when a few days passed and he still didn’t wake, I started to get worried.

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