94 Half-brother

The next morning when Esme woke up, she ended up staring at the ceiling dazedly for a few moments before turning to look at the other side of her bed. The curtains were drawn close and she could not see the familiar silhouette on the other bed. 

Like everyday, Aleister was not in the room by the time she woke up. She placed the back of her palm on her eyes for a few seconds. Unlike the times when she used to be relieved not having him around, his absence left a dull emptiness in her chest today. 

Maybe she was used to having him around. Or it was the safe feeling that he brought to her. 

She opened her eyes and sat up on the bed before looking around again, "Leo, are you there?" She softly called out to the beast who was nowhere in sight since yesterday. 

Soon after she called out, there was a small noise in the distance and in the next moment, a huge figure leapt inside the room through the windows and stopped at a distance from the bed.