CALEB
When the first light of dawn streamed through the curtains, I lifted the heavy-lidded eyes and found her sleeping beside me. Her face was peaceful and soothing. Amidst the rumpled sheets of white, Valerie’s fiery red tresses were fanned out like some Goddess’s trail while her skin glowed like a vision of ethereal beauty. She was truly something.
I have seen her broken, and then rising from the ashes of her brokenness, and nothing could ever compare the strength and grace she emitted in these past few weeks.
“Fates!” I sighed, trailing a single finger along the line of her delicate jaw.
Valerie merely stirred in her sleep.
When was the last time I had slept so peacefully? I wondered. My own brand of nightmares has been chasing me for years now, and finally, it felt like I had
