Chapter 2
For several days, Dane lazed around the house. The few times he’d attempted to go outside, the sunlight had hurt his eyes, and shortly afterwards, he’d suffered a headache. While he thought this development was rather strange, he didn’t pay it much thought. He’d survived a disastrous car accident, not to mention the surgeon’s knife. Naturally, it was going to take some time to make a full recovery.
He fell into a routine of staying up until the early hours of the morning and waking up around noon. He’d read or watch television until the evening, then wander into the twilight to explore the gardens. He especially enjoyed sitting in the gazebo, watching the cool early-evening breezes blowing through the net curtains, gracefully lifting then releasing them so they wafted down like
