CHAPTER SEVEN
GODRIC STARED OFF INTO the darkness, watching the rising sun begin to frame the top edge of the heavily treed mountains surrounding them. The feel of the place was surreal. Both larger than life and incredibly earthy. The early morning quiet was more peaceful than anything he’d ever experienced, and the combination of scents...a pungent mix of vividly colored flowers, the lush greenery of the forest, and the salty tang of the distant ocean...scoured the last of the night’s drowsiness away.
A soft whistling sound pulled his attention to Dini. She snored delicately from the downy softness of her sleeping bag, the silky arcs of her thick eyelashes dark against her skin. She was smiling in her sleep. No doubt dreaming of finding a rare plant with heretofore unknown medicinal pr
