Hudson woke slowly, not jolted but pulled from sleep like a tide receding.
His body felt heavy in that good, used way, warm, loose, satisfied. A silk sheet lay across his hips and thigh, cool against his skin. He blinked, stared at the ceiling, then turned his head.
Liam wasn't in the bed.
Hudson sat up slightly, the sheet sliding down, and scanned the room.
Then he saw him.
Liam sat in an armchair near the window, facing out toward the view, and he looked like he'd been