Allison's POV

I turned gently in his arms on the beach, the cold breeze brushing my naked body, whistling over me, stirring me awake. I opened my eyes gradually to the world, the sea waves crashing around, roaring like a background noise to my sleep-muddled thoughts.

I sat up slowly, my mind slowly coming to the fore like my eyes were doing. My gaze drifted over the glistening body of the sea spreading to eternity beyond us, the blue now painted silver by the bright moonlight, and then over ...