Without discussing it, they went to sleep in Kade’s bed while he stayed on the phone, managing the story.

Raven half awoke in the middle of the night to the solid weight of him close behind her, as if he’d fallen asleep considering whether or not to spoon her. She smiled, sliding back into sleep: that was the first time she’d seen Kade be any kind of indecisive.

It felt surreal to rise in the morning and step into the fresh steam of the shower, to scrub down ...