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Alyssa opened her eyes and felt like she hadn’t slept at all. The air was cold because the HVAC tech from Cheyenne hadn’t made it out to the Preserve yet to fix the heater. When he did show up, Carli mentioned he would have free food and could stay as long as needed to make sure everything else at the lodge and the cabins were working perfectly. Cabin nine had a Franklin stove, and they built a fire in it each night. It kept the living room and kitchen warm, but the short hallway and the bedroom didn’t get much of the heat. She had, however, her own personal heater. Smiling, she snuggled back into the curve of Zach’s body.
Zach wasn’t sure why he was so tired. Yesterday and last night weren’t particularly tough physically or busy with clients. Perhaps he was absorbing Lys’s anxiety ab
