Once Upon a Rose (2015)
“A short, steep hike led from the parking lot to the great old arch that allowed passage through those thick walls. It cleared the lungs to breathe that deep for every step, to take in the scents of stone and cypress.
Cleared the heart.
Layla put her hands on her hips as they reached the wall and arched her head back to gaze up at it. Nearly a thousand years old. No matter how many places she had been in Europe, it always shook through her, to think of the age here.
She glanced at Matthieu Rosie...r to find him gazing at her and not the walls. Of course, he would be used to the walls. Her, he must find a very strange creature. Her breath shortened at the look, and she didn’t think it was from the climb.
“Why is it yours?” she asked suddenly. “The valley? Out of all the cousins?”
“Technically, most of it is still my grandfather’s. He’s only deeded part of it over to me. But he rewrote his will right after my father died, and so it’s been intended for me since I was five years old.MoreLess
Cleared the heart.
Layla put her hands on her hips as they reached the wall and arched her head back to gaze up at it. Nearly a thousand years old. No matter how many places she had been in Europe, it always shook through her, to think of the age here.
She glanced at Matthieu Rosie...r to find him gazing at her and not the walls. Of course, he would be used to the walls. Her, he must find a very strange creature. Her breath shortened at the look, and she didn’t think it was from the climb.
“Why is it yours?” she asked suddenly. “The valley? Out of all the cousins?”
“Technically, most of it is still my grandfather’s. He’s only deeded part of it over to me. But he rewrote his will right after my father died, and so it’s been intended for me since I was five years old.MoreLess
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