When Dimitri would pull himself from the comfort of the bed that next morning, he would come to find the space beside him to be vacant. Her scent of vanilla and lavender having remained behind, he could then hear the sound of distant laughing coming from the living room. Pulling his clothes from the couch he had slept on previously, he made his way to the source of the joyous chuckles before finding his sister and Juliette in a deep and humorous conversation. He stood in place for a moment while analyzing the smile on his fiancee's lip, wanting more than ever to greet her with a kiss he had been holding for all too long. Each second he spent near her, he desired to feel that kiss, unaware how desperate that she had been to feel the same sensation. When her eyes fell to him, Geneva offered
