Kara wasn’t one to have high expectations, but she tried to at least hope for happiness. Her brief time with Eerik had filled her with enough happiness to last a lifetime. Maybe that was why she was robbed of it too quickly. That was all the happiness life had to offer her.

She tossed and turned, shutting her eyes tightly, willing herself to sleep and all thoughts of Eerik out of her head.

But before she could succeed, a cold, wet hand tenderly traced her cheek. ...