Chapter 55 Shadows That Whisper

• The sun filtered weakly through the curtains, brushing across the tangled sheets and limbs on the bed. Espen stirred first, her cheek pressed to Mikko’s bare chest, his arm wrapped securely around her waist like even in sleep, he couldn’t let her go. His heartbeat was slow beneath her ear, steady and sure, a rhythm she never knew she’d crave until him.
• He murmured her name, low and slurred with sleep, before his hand slid down to the curve of her ass. "You planning to sneak off on me again, kitten?"
• She smiled, still half-asleep. "I was trying to get us food."