Aurora smelled Fennick the moment he arrived at her cottage. She quickly hid the novel she was reading under her pillow and rumbled her duvet to cover herself up. She closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, shutting her mind so he wouldn't sense that she wasn't sleeping.

The expected knock came on her door but she didn't dare to answer it. She knew it was him and she wasn't ready to forgive yet. The knock came in again but she still didn't respond to it praying for him to leave.

However, ...