Misa awoke to the sun beaming into her eyes. She stretched, yawning as she felt the bed for something. For someone. But there was nothing but the sheet covering the mattress, and she smiled sadly. It had been a dream. Nothing but a dream. Of course, it had been. Because something like that couldn’t happen between them. Ever. Unless it was in her dreams, where none of it could seep into reality. She touched her heart, sending her mind forth to Tika’s magic, the source that had gifted her with such a vivid dream of being in Royle’s arms, engulfed in the blanket of security he always wrapped around her. Thank you. I needed that. Misa got off her bed, planning to relax this Dailib and maybe visit the lake beneath the mountains. Maybe she could coax Torren to give her a