Chapter 26
The weather didn't let up well into the night. The windows bursting in white light as the storm continued its roar outside accompanied with the usual thunder and lightning. Yet it was the sudden shift of the bed that awakened Lark from his shallow sleep. Groggily he opened his eyes to an unfamiliar room, his sharp eyesight drinking in the soft light from the dying ambers of the hearth. He was confused for a moment where he was until something moved besides him. And then all his sleepiness went away when his eyes landed on an awake Licht looking as confused as she should be. "Lark? Why are you here?" she asked him. His heart tightened at the sight of his mate and hearing her voice. In his joy, he hugged her close to him, a relieved sigh escaping his lips. He wanted to make sure that sh
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