Alec is unable to take his eyes off his Rose. Her thoughts had always stayed in his head during the day and tortured him at night when he could not sleep without her in his arms.

As he looks at her now, he finds a glow about her. Her hair seems shinier and her eyes seem brighter. Seeing her in person after these two weeks he finds her somehow even more beautiful than how he had pictured her in his mind.

Seeing the shade of pink appear on her cheeks under his ministrations, he ...