Ammy doesn't remember the last time she visited the Will's manor. She knows it was with Sebestian and she's sure Jia and Allen were there as well, but she'd spent most of his time in the vineyard just waiting for time to pass. Willing herself to be brave enough to breach the distance between her body and Sebestian's.

"You didn't have to do that, you know," Sebestian says. His skin is still damp from the shower, and he runs a towel through his hair slowly. "I can take care of it."

As long as Ammy has known Sebestian, he has taken hormone suppressors. Once a year, every spring, his placebo...