The next morning was very warm. Caleana was woken up by the first light of the morning. It felt as though the light was calling her name when it shone on her face. She had successfully slept through the night when she thought it would have been impossible for her to be able to do so. And, as anticipated, she was in the same room where she had fallen asleep.
For a brief moment, when the sunlight called her name, she felt her mother’s essence rush through her, and she mistakenly believed that she was the one who had woken her up. She believed that she was back in her own bedroom, sleeping on her own bed, but she wasn’t there. She was in Leah’s bed instead. And laying next to her, as she was reminded by hearing his soft breathing behind her, was Yvan.
He had fallen asleep with her in his ar
