Chapter 25
Darren sat up abruptly, jolted awake. His skin was damp and his breathing ragged. Risa lay beside him, curled up under the covers. Moonlight splashed across the bed through the windows. He waited for his breathing to slow down and his heart to stop racing. He didn’t realize she was awake until he felt her hand reach up and curl around his shoulder, stroking down his arm in a warm, soothing caress.
“It’s snowing,” she said, her voice soft and filled with wonder in the darkness.
He looked over at her to see she was looking up into the skylight over the bed. The snowflakes were lit up in the bright moonlight, falling like glittering fairy dust. He shifted and lay back down, resting beside her and watching the snow fall, dreamlike in the quiet night. She curled against his side,
