Allie blinked as she came awake. Early morning sunlight was beginning to flicker through the narrow cracks in the wooden shutters. She didn’t want to move. It felt so good to be warm.
She had woken once during the night and known immediately that Jacob had ‘found’ him a place to sleep. The fact that place was in the same bed as her didn’t bother her as much as she thought it might. Instead, she had wrapped her arm around him and snuggled closer as she fell back asleep.
Now, she lay with her head in the crook of his arm, her chin up under his, and her hand curled in the light dusting of blond hair on his chest. Outside, the world was beginning to wake up. A smile curved her lips as she listened to the birds. This was one of her favorite times of the day.
“Good morning,” a husky voice sai
