Whispered Secrets

Gideon lay motionless in the dark, trapped within his own unyielding body. He was speechless. A wave of profound relief washed over his rigid form. She was merely going to talk to him. He had braced himself for something else. His mind had been racing with a dozen different, nerve-wracking possibilities, but this innocent outcome settled the tension in his muscles.

Assuming he was deep in an unc