Ellie’s POVThat night, I waited until Dominic fell asleep, his breathing having deepened and evened out, before I let myself drift off. When I finally managed to sleep, I had strange dreams. They were strange, but not unpleasant in the slightest.In fact, they were the sweetest dreams I had had in a very long time.In my dreams, Dominic was… different. He still looked like himself—dark hair, blue eyes, that calm, commanding pride that followed him around everywhere he went like a heavy cloak dragging behind his feet.But there was something softer about him in my dreams. He was softer.It began in a garden. The sun was shining high in the sky, the air hot and humid, the sound of cicadas buzzing in the trees overhead. It was summertime. He was lounging on a picnic blanket, propped up on one elbow, his face tilted up toward the sun.I was sitting beside him, laughing at something he had said, although I couldn’t quite remember what it was; all I knew was that it was funny, and witty, an
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