Alex

Yesterday Archer news was terrifying and we had to find a way to deal with it.

I tell Maria about it, and thanks to her she soothe me, and we made love making me calm down.

"Thanks love, thanks for being here with me." I kissed her forehead.

Pre-dawn stillness cocooned the small dorm room as I lay awake, Maria's head nestled over my heart as though she could shield it singlehandedly from renewed griefs.

But reprieve was only temporary. Cruel revelation awaited us both come sunrise, a past risen we had thought dead and buried for good.

My needle-sharp senses monitored Maria's slow breathing, attuned to any distress...