Chapter 162

Outside, the temperature was a bone-chilling -40°F, with tiny snowflakes drifting down from the sky. The cold was so intense that even the walls were covered in ice.

Cora had already returned all the warming stones, but the fireplace in the bedroom was still crackling, filling the room with dry, cozy heat.

Cora felt a pleasant buzz from the wine, a wave of heat rising from her belly.

She tossed se