I wake to the blaring of my alarm. Seth releases me with a groan as I roll over and turn it off. I’m so tired, probably from crying so much last night, and Seth definitely doesn’t want to be awake this early.
“Go back to sleep,” I whisper, laying my head on his chest.
“I thought you wanted to go for a hike to see the land,” he tells me, playing with my hair and making absolutely no attempt to get up.
I smile, running my fingers through the hair on his chest. “We’re both tired. Maybe we can slip away this afternoon. I really want to see the land they’re willing to die over.”
Seth nods once and is right back asleep almost instantly. I lay with my head on his chest, letting the sound of his breathing and the beat of his heart lull me back to sleep as well.
I wake in the meadow, S
