Chapter Twenty-One – The Night She Remembered
Carter’s P.O.V.
The day went by in a blur breakfast healing with Rowan working out with Elias while Charlie and Selene were underground Charlie continued her work piecing back my mother.
Nightfall came fast I waited on the porch for her to come back to me.
Lanterns flickered beneath the towering pines, casting warm golden light across the winding paths that connected each cottage. Laughter drifted through the valley as families gathered for dinner. Somewhere nearby, someone played an old fiddle while children chased one another through the grass.
It was peaceful.
Almost impossibly peaceful.
I sat alone on the front porch, staring toward the mountains hidden beyond the trees.
Beyond those mountains…
Anna.
She was all I could think abou
