Mated to My Intended's Enemy
I slipped into one of the unused bedrooms and set up my new easel by the window where the light was good.
Opening my sketchbook, I began to draw from memory—Leo's face as I'd seen it this morning, relaxed and unguarded in sleep. My pencil moved with surprising confidence across the paper, capturing the strong line of his jaw, the sensual curve of his lips, the slight furrow between his brows that never fully disappeared even in repose.
As the sketch took shape beneath my fingers, I felt a strange power in the act of creation. I was preserving moments of our life together, creating a visual diary of our love story. Each stroke of the pencil felt like weaving a spell, binding us closer togethe