Adelaide curled up in the center of a soft down-filled mattress. In comparison to the furs she had slept on for a year, it felt like laying on a cloud and yet, she couldn’t remember the last time she had felt cold right into her marrow. Her heart ached painfully, or perhaps it was her chest that was tormenting her with no means of relief.

Missing Torris was the last thing she had expected. These past weeks she had half expected they would not remain together. After all, he ...