I was hungry. Bottomless hunger.

But food couldn't help that.

I nodded. "You know I will."

We ate together and then I went to the downstairs bathroom to take a quick shower. When I came out, wrapped only in a towel around my hips, Tate was nowhere in sight. I went to look for her in the conservatory, where I would have expected her, but it was empty.

The sun was just setting and the whole view outside almost mesmerized me. I slowly crept up to the glass window and stared at the beauty in front of me. At that moment, the sound of a piano reached my ears, which...