Riley hadn’t realized when she had fallen asleep.
For a minute, she could think of nothing but a heavy head.
When she slowly came out of her sleepy daze, her head hurt so much that she couldn’t open her eyes. But she did so anyway, only to feel the bright lights above stab her eyes so hard, she groaned. She heard something moving and in an instant, the light went away, as if it had been switched off.
She could hear the rain outside. And the low rumble of thunder.
“You’re awake,”
A soft whisper made her head turn to the side. Her head throbbed so badly she groaned and felt something soft stroke the back of her hand. It was warm, soothing.
It was the feeling of another skin, another touch.
And when she turned, her heart lurched inside her chest.
He was sitting beside her. The chair p
