Liora’s POV
I woke the next morning with a strange sense of calm that I hadn't felt in a long time. For several seconds, I remained beneath the covers, staring at the ceiling while the memories of the previous evening slowly returned to me. Ezra and I were together now, not secretly because we were ashamed of what we felt, but privately because we had both agreed that we needed time to understand what our relationship meant before allowing everyone else to have an opinion about it.
The thought should have frightened me more than it did.
Instead, I felt something inside me settle.
I turned onto my side and looked toward the empty space beside me, then remembered that I wasn't alone in the apartment. Gina was still here, and judging by the silence coming from her room, she was probably s
