Dove Pov
I hug my knees, nerves clamouring with anticipation in the depths of my stomach.
My backside is damp as I sit on the dew soaked slope before our cottage, awaiting Eden's return.
The sun peeks shyly over the horizon, it's ghostly dawn light crawling lazily over the land. Fog bows and looms with the shadows, pooling in the cervices of the land.
Despite being up all night, my body is fraught with nervous energy.
I still can't entirely believe I allowed Varian to do that to me...I can't believe I....Later it will feel like a hazy dream. A distant memory to call upon when I'm feeling magical.
The rhythmic liquid purl of the stream at the foot of the hill is disturbed by tentative steps hopping along slick rocks. I stand, my heels sinking into the soft grass.
Eden starts up the h
