Where It All Began

SERAFINA

I should have known the moment the plane began to descend, the ocean below was too familiar, the curve of the coastline too.

The island.

The same island Dario had taken me to before.

The one where he had built that sprawling, luxurious hotel that rose out of the cliffs like a secret only the sea could keep.

And just like last time, it was breathtaking. As we drove up the long, winding pat