~Daliah's POV~
As soon as I stepped into the empty study with the cup of steaming coffee in hand, my skin prickled with awareness. The hairs on my arms stood on edge and I stopped, glancing around the room but finding nothing.
Slowly, I made my way to his desk and after carefully placing the cup of coffee onto the table, I turned to leave. But the feeling persisted. If anything, it seemed to burn me.
Something was watching me. Someone.
But it wasn't fear I felt, it was excitement. A strange warmth spread across my chest as I instantly knew who it was.
My mate.
He was here. In this seemingly empty room, watching me. Stalking me. His intent eyes bore into my skin, and even though I couldn't see him yet, I could feel his presence. I could sense him from the way sweat pooled under my eyebrows… in the way my breath caught in my throat… the way my heart hammered erratically against my ribcage, and from the way the smell of my musk wafted into the air.