I gasped, my eyes shooting open.
Heavens, the feeling of sinking sucks.
My gaze swept the familiar room. Night had fallen, and the world was bathed in complete silence, the room in darkness. But my vision in the dark was good enough to see him lying next to me.
I smiled, reaching out to brush a strand of hair away from his face.
Thank you, dearest.
I shuffled out of the bed and went round; lighting the candles, turning on the chandelier and the lamps so there’d be enough light in the room. I lit the fireplace too, not because the room was cold, but because I wanted to see the glow of the embers and hear the cackle as it ate away at the wood.
I smiled to myself.
In the silence of the room and the warmth of the fireplace, the clarity of my mind sharpened a
