Rose woke to the sound of someone knocking on the door, her eyes adjusting to the bright light that entered through the window right beside the bed. The sound of the door opening fully woke her up as she turned to see Gabriella poking her head inside.
“Rose, hey, how are you feeling?” She asked, her voice low and soft, “Feel like having some breakfast?”
Rose didn’t feel like eating, but she new that she should. She hadn’t eaten since her breakfast with Hunter the day before. She tensed suddenly at the thought of him, it has really been just yesterday.
Rose knew that she shouldn’t have gotten her hopes up, but she did. She had fallen and fallen hard. Her new freedom from Crescent Lake had made her soft and made her vulnerable to his warmth.
Looking up at Gabriella, she saw the worry a
