When the Wind Blows, She Never Looks Back
It was made of elegant velvet, but because he had been clutching it so tightly in his palm, the surface was entirely damp with nervous sweat, leaving a visible thumbprint pressed into the fabric.
“Sera.”
His eyelashes were heavily frosted with winter condensation; every single time he blinked, tiny shards of ice would flake off and fall away.
“I’m not exactly a smooth talker. I practiced a whole speech in my head, but standing out here in the snow, it completely froze out of my mind.”
He flipped open the velvet box. Inside was a simple, classic ring.
“Marry me.”
The aurora borealis unfurled directly above his head, casting a vibrant green glow that cascaded over the snow, settled softly acro