Chapter 195

Mirage’s P.O.V I opened my eyes to the sound of the clock ticking on the wall. It was well past midnight and the packhouse was eerily silent. Alex slept beside me almost soundlessly, his breathing even and his arms wrapped around my waist lightly. I hated this guilty feeling as I looked up at his peaceful face, moving aside the hair on his forehead with feather-light fingers. Just as softly, I took his hand from my waist and placed it on my pillow as I got up from the bed and moved away slowly, so as not to cause much disturbance. The herb that I had mixed in his food wasn’t any high grade sleeping pill that was filled with chemicals, so I was a little skeptical about its workings. But seeing Alex sleeping so peacefully gave me relief. It meant that the herb was working. Getting out of bed, I headed for the closet to get dressed in a pair of jeans and a white top with a dark green jacket on top to keep out the cold from my bones. But even as I dressed, everything I did felt robotic…lik