Chapter 52: Emperor Jai

I was dreaming. I knew it was a dream because I opened my eyes and Mia was there. I touched her, for the first time in too many years and her flesh felt so real. So warm and alive beneath my hands.

I grabbed her around the nape before she could escape me, dying for the feel of her after all this time. I pulled her head down to mine, stealing the kiss that we never got to share when she was here in my world with me.

Time and reality moved and blended with the dream as I pulled her down next to me and rolled, pinning her body beneath mine.

My body felt hot as if I burned with a fever, but the heat of her touch burned even more. I whispered her name over and over, ‘Mia, Princess.’ I thought I heard her voice but it was soon lost in our kiss.