Three days had passed since she crawled into that bed. Three days since he’d seen the vibrant light in her eyes.

Gray had been bringing food and water to Adie’s side table for the last day and a half when he realized she wasn’t planning to move anytime soon. She’d sipped from the cup and taken tiny bites of the now stale bread before rolling back over and either falling asleep or staring at the ...

Adie stormed into their tiny room at the inn. It was basically just a square room big enough for a bed they were taking turns sleeping in, a small three drawer dresser, and an even smaller bathroom that housed an old whiskey barrel to bathe and a hole in the ground for…attending to ones needs.

Gray stumbled in after her and closed the door, sliding the bolt at the top in place to keep prying eye...

We continued to walk through the stalls of the market. The smells of food wares and sounds of kitchen utensils filled the air. There were fabric vendors with brightly colored skeins varying from silk to wool. An ale cart was parked at a corner where the market turned onto a different path.

My mouth watered at the thought of enjoying a cool cup of bubbly ale as I stared at the barrel.

“Let’s gra...

I had to do it.

I didn’t have a choice.

He couldn’t know what I was hiding from him.

They would hunt him down and take what information they could from him and leave the scraps for me to find.

Grey continued to look at me with those icey blue eyes as round as the moon.

“I don’t…Adie, I don’t understand,” he whispered. “I know we said to not get attached, but…”

My heart was cracking and I ...