LUCILLE’S POV
Though the sun was hanging low, the sky was still brilliant. Warmth and light filtered through the cypresses and streamed onto the road. Deep in the trees were shadows and the musical sounds of insects and birds, creatures of the woods.
I have always known that there were secrets in the woods. Secrets, shadows, dangers. They only added to the beauty of what was yet unknown.
I glanced back at Lachlan, I didn’t know if he was still angry about what happened. To be honest, I, too, would be angry with anyone who would do what I did. But I was overly drawn to the fact that I wanted to be really perfect.
I wish I had listened to him, I wish I hadn’t objected. I wish…
Sigh, the more I wished, the more I regretted my actions,
Lachlan wasn’t speaking to me yet. Even as we got
