Gabriel watched Autumn carefully across the dinner table, taking in everything. The way the candlelight caught her dark hair and made it shine like it was alive. The way her eyes caught the reflection of the flames and glowed from within, almost like she had light inside her. The way she tilted her head when she was thinking about something difficult or when she was listening to him speak. The way her mouth curved when she smiled at him like she actually cared. The way her hands moved when she talked.
She was perfect. Everything about her was exactly what he'd been searching for, exactly what he needed, exactly what would finally heal the wound that had been bleeding inside him for twenty years, ever since his sister had drowned in that lake and he'd had to live with the knowledge that he
