Beauty Behind The Shadow
He let a quiet exhale leave his nose, not daring to make a sound.
Soon, she seemed to dismiss her search and reclined back into the fork of the tree again. Kendrick kept quiet and waited, leaning into the tree trunk. Her voice returned, humming at first and then picking up where she left off. Again, her lovely voice produced that same sensation, tickling like tiny bird wings fluttering up his shoulders and neck. Kendrick closed his eyes, listening with rapture until she finished the song and all was quiet again. He wished she hadn't finished.
Kendrick wasn't sure why, but he stood up behind her and said in his gentlest voice, "That was beautiful."+
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