Chapter 527 - The Lord's Return (3)

Lyan's first thought—after the shock that he'd survived the night without suffocation—was that the girls smelled different now that dawn warmed their skin: Wilhelmina carried clean steel and wild mint; Arielle a faint inky lavender; Solia sunlight and soft linen; Alicia honey and fresh-baked crust; Alina a spark of citrus; Belle warm vanilla; Emilia the tang of sweat and rose oil; Josephine sweet wine; Raine rain-kissed moss; Ravia sugared berries; Surena sandalwood and parchment; Xena spiced rum; Clarisse a whisper of almond soap; Tara mountain thyme; Sigrid pine sap; Lara cool river stone. The perfume cocktail made his pulse skip—half desire, half disbelief.