The Given (SHORT HIATUS)

Chapter 7

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Sun filters through my closed eyes, making them flutter open slowly. I stretch out and let out a yawn, wincing at the soreness of my body.

Mason.

I groan and run my hand along my face, ashamed of myself. I didn’t want to like what he did to me last night; I just couldn’t help it.

Sighing, I sit up and look around, confused.

“Mason?”

I stand up and wince again in pain, hoping it’ll go away soon.

“Mason, are you in here?”

He’s not in here? He just left?.. Of course he left, last night wouldn’t mean anything to him, and it shouldn’t mean anything to me either, but it does.

Just then the door opens and I quickly grab the sheets and struggle with them, trying to get it around my bare body.

“Oh, uh.. Sorry.”

My head snaps up and I furrow my eyebrows in confusion when I see Daniel.

“Um.. Did you need something?” I sit down and pull the sheets around me tighter.

“Lilly was feeling pretty sick, so.. She just wanted me to come by to see how you were.”

I just shrug and look down, playing with the ends of the sheet.

He lets out a sigh and closes the door, walking closer to me.

“I should’ve done something to stop Mason. He’s next in line to be King though, and if I were to talk back, well.. I guess I was afraid.”

“He wasn’t here.”

“Huh?”

“When I woke up, Mason wasn’t here.”

“Lyla, right?”

“Yea.”

“Well, the thing you need to understand about Mason is that he doesn’t like showing feelings, Lyla. Ever since we were young, he’s been treated differently, because he was to become the next after our father. He’s a good guy though, and he has feelings for you. He probably left because he was nervous about you waking up and being angry.. But I can tell you for sure that he does have feelings for you.”