Chapter Fourteen
Valentina
I leaned my head back to look at the sky just outside my cabin. The heat from the day still held the night air in its grip. Although the nights were cooler, cool was a relative term when some days had over ninety percent humidity. The air was so laden with moisture it slammed into you when you stepped outside. I loved the night air because it was soft and held the fading scent of flowers.
Lucas stood beside me, his presence quiet. My pulse had been running wild ever since we left the bar. I was trying to catch my breath, but all I could manage were shallow gulps of air.
The stars were bright in the night sky with the moon peeking out from behind wispy clouds drifting through the darkness. After taking a shaky breath, which did absolutely nothing to slow my th
