Chapter 26

~Freeze~

Darling, can we freeze?

Let me save this perfect memory

Remember how it feels like flying

in the dark?

Like I must be awake inside a dream

~

Kygo

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As the sun begins to fall asleep, the slanting rays of the setting sun give a warm orange flicker to the sky. The blazing circle is shielded behind sloping, dark-green mountains, each smaller but rigid than the one before. The trees are strong and raven and are standing in an unmoving row and bringing a calming breeze.

We're sitting in the back of a pickup truck I rented earlier today -- appreciating the picture that the setting sun is leaving behind while we're embraced in each other's warmth.

After a long week, I thought of escaping reality for a while and treating her to a beautiful date in the mountains. We hardly