Snake Charmer
“After that, Yvena headed for the café and got a burger to go with a cup of lemonade.
Tucked in her room with food and a good book, Yvena could hear the arrival of the new guest, and she made her way through the novel she was working on without truly appreciating the action or adventure.
She settled in to sleep at eleven and tried to keep herself relaxed. She would leave the next day, and she was in a safe place, there was no reason to wake.
She crept down the stairs with her robe ...around her and curled up on the couch once again. Damn.
Yvena sighed and tried to resign herself to waking in the middle of the night for the foreseeable future.
She stared into the fireplace and dozed. A hand touched her shoulder. “Here you go.”
She stirred and smiled, taking the cup of warm milk from him. “Thank you, Liander.”
She sipped and stared into the fireplace for a count of ten before she jolted upright, balancing her milk carefully.MoreLess
Tucked in her room with food and a good book, Yvena could hear the arrival of the new guest, and she made her way through the novel she was working on without truly appreciating the action or adventure.
She settled in to sleep at eleven and tried to keep herself relaxed. She would leave the next day, and she was in a safe place, there was no reason to wake.
She crept down the stairs with her robe ...around her and curled up on the couch once again. Damn.
Yvena sighed and tried to resign herself to waking in the middle of the night for the foreseeable future.
She stared into the fireplace and dozed. A hand touched her shoulder. “Here you go.”
She stirred and smiled, taking the cup of warm milk from him. “Thank you, Liander.”
She sipped and stared into the fireplace for a count of ten before she jolted upright, balancing her milk carefully.MoreLess
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