I'd take her to the top of the widow's tower at Ainsdale Castle, late at night, and we'd watch the moon rise. The widow's tower was very high but she wasn't afraid. Sometimes I'd steal a pie from the...
She used to be so frightened when they were young. Like a pale little ghost, slipping into the shadows, hiding from their vicious elders, trying not to be noticed.He'd saved her once. Swept her away l...
She heard the door close as she examined the dog.You're looking much better, she told the animal. Good enough that Jean-Marie might be able to take you outside to wash you. Oh, don't get up.This last...
Eve was a shy woman. A woman who had spent years hidden away from the world, traumatized by their shared past. True, she was also stubborn as a mule when she wanted to be, but he never should've put h...
The corners of her mouth drooped and he felt an odd panicked twinge somewhere in that empty space where a heart might dwell in other people.The trouble, Eve said, is that I've never been able to tell...
He looked back at Eve, holding out his hand. Come on, then.She looked between him and his hand, pressing her lips together, but not moving.He frowned. Eve.She inhaled and took his hand, awkwardly inch...