Chapter 63: There's Something Off About Riley

XENOIS

I woke up to the feeling of Lumina's warm body that was pressed against mine, her head was placed on my chest and she had one arm draped across my stomach. For a moment, everything felt normal again, after the way she had been pulling from me ever since Sophia returned to Silver Creek with her son and even before then.

Right now it was just us, just the quiet intimacy of a Sunday morning and absolutely nowhere urgent to be.

Last night's conversation in the shower and intimacy had cleared some of the air between us, but I could still sense...