Ten minutes after the plane roared off the runway of the sleepy little airport and gained altitude, Rayna stared pensively out the window as a smattering of white clouds cast their shadows over the landscape, slowly obscuring the last traces of Lake Bonita reflecting the soft pastel pink glow of the setting sun. How she hated to see the precious twenty-four hours she"d just spent with Tyler come to an end. Though minuscule in the span of a lifetime, they had been among the most memorable of her life. Would she ever again experience anything so perfect, feel so totally loved, so unreservedly desired? She turned towards Tyler, not surprised to find him already dozing beside her.
Leaning back in her seat, she closed her eyes and smiled to herself as scenes from the previous night replayed in
