Chapter 34

Winter’s POV

An unguarded giggle left me as I read through the contents of the umpteenth letter that I had received from Lucas. My reading had also gotten better; there were new words to add to my vocabulary, some I could weave back to him as a love language of my own to my one and only.

Reading was still quite slow, and I’d have to read a line twice or more than that to grasp its full message. Aside from the flutters the inked affection brought to my soul, the wind was also a gentle respite to my troubles. The distraction from the added burdens on my shoulders.

Or was it the looming eclipse lying within the unseen shadows in a clandestine wake? I deserved those few moments of peace. I enjoyed them, and I would revel in them for as long as they lasted. And speaking of relishing in deciduous bliss, his hands worked magic as they danced slowly and stealthily around my waist.

“I knew I’d find you here,” he kissed my neck.

“Maybe I was waiting here f