Chapter 57 Hearty Decisions

• ROSALINE
• Waking up in Gerald's room felt surreal, like a soft echo of the peace we'd finally found after tumultuous storms. The sheets were cool beside me, signaling his absence, so I shuffled out of bed, still basking in the quiet joy of our reconciliation, and the events from last night.
• My legs still ached, and I didn't need a soothsayer to know that every part of me was designed with a hickey. It wasn't a bad feeling.