Chiara’s POV“You are going to love this spot. It’s one of my favorite places in the world,” Elca said. He’d been saying that for the past hour as we climbed uphill. He was appropriately dressed in his hiking outfits. Me, not so much. The flies and sun were starting to get to me. When Elca invited me to go hiking with him, I didn’t anticipate it would be so far from town.

“I’m getting tired, Elca,” I said.

“We are almost there, Chiara. Wow, I never would’ve guessed you ...