Alicia POV

I had a dream… a really weird, fantastic, and… fearsome dream.

Lucas stood before me, just within reach, as handsome and irresistible as ever. My heart pounded with the desperate need to hold him and revel in his touch like I always did. To savor in the long-suffering reassurance that he was here. That he was mine.

I finally found the courage to embrace him, to pull him against me. But the moment my arms wrapped around his body, a shiver shot ...