Dare

I’m awake on watch the next morning before the sun has risen, and I swear I can feel an electric current buzzing in the air.

Sable and the other guys are still sound asleep, each of them sprawled out around me, breathing deep and even. She’s a tangle of limbs and soft breaths against my side, my gorgeous fucking ray of moonlight. But beyond the silence and comfort of this bed, I can sense that the village is already up and moving. Preparations are underway for what’s about to come.

There’s a strange feeling churning inside me. I want to stay here. I want to close my eyes and...