Sherry reluctantly emerged from the comforting depths of sleep into the stark morning light. She basked in blissful unawareness for a fleeting moment after waking when reality still hung precariously over her like a palpable fog.
She turned her head, and suddenly a ghastly sight made her body stiffen rapidly with utter dread and sheer horror. Enzo lay beside her with dark lashes resting against sharp cheekbones, and his features were utterly peaceful in deep slumber.
He looked almost bedraggled sans the smirk's sharp edge and cool precision of gaze that normally rendered him inscrutable. A mortal creature, utterly bewildering in its fragile state, somehow manages survival.
Quite vulnerable, even. Devastatingly handsome, he stood there quietly. Sherry's stomach knotted suddenly under a t
