Chapter 8
The evening air held a chill though Amy was still quite warm next to Lucio. The edge of the moon began to shine in the sky while the sun dipped behind majestic mountains. They walked on a small village road full of cute shops, arm in arm.
Lucio was patient as she peered into the windows—a bakery, a coffee shop, a gift store. Another pebble caught in her heel and she stopped to release it, leaning against Lucio. "I should have changed into sneakers as the cobblestones don't like my wedges."
He waited until she was standing again and then turned around. "We'll head back to the castle then. We don't have to be out all night."
The walked in companionable silence as the air around her cocooned her like a bubble. She was with Lucio and today had been better than she’d ever dared to
