Chapter Fifteen
An insistent pounding on the front door echoed throughout the entire stone structure, waking Elise from a peaceful, dreamless sleep. She opened her eyes and saw early morning streaming down on the bed, covering her and Noel with a pale blue blanket of light. She smiled as her eyes drifted closed again in bliss. His arm around her tightened, pulling her closer to his body.
Just as she drifted to the threshold of sleep once more, her eyes popped open as she heard another series of loud raps on the front door.
Noel awoke with a start, sitting up. “What was that?” He shook his head then dragged a hand through his hair, looking disoriented as he was pulled from his subconscious travels.
“Somebody’s at the front door,” Elise said in a hushed voice, wondering who would be here
