The sun warmed River’s back as he walked through the narrow streets of Rome, Riley’s hand tucked safely in his. Her energy was infectious—her eyes wide as she absorbed everything around her, as if she had never seen a city before.

He never met someone like her before. So full of…light.

That’s what she was, and River realized that now. She was the light he didn’t think he needed in his life.

She stopped every now and then, pointing out something he had already seen but pretended ...