Sleepless Shadows

PIPER’S POV

Sleep wouldn’t come. Even after everything.

After the shower that had started as silence and turned into something warm and consuming. After Kellan had touched me like I was something precious, not fragile but cherished. After he’d moved slowly, carefully, like he was trying to remind me that I was safe with him.

He had been gentle. Intentional. Present. And when it was over, he didn’t