40. Late night

A moonless night welcomes me as I wake up once more. Everything is bathed in darkness and I’m not entirely sure If I woke up or if this was part of some strange dream. Nonetheless, I push myself up on the edge of the bed and take a few moments to myself to understand what is going on.

There are bird sounds in the distance. I what the crashing of the waves not too far from where I was and it now settles for me that this was not a dream. I remember coming here with Killian. A honeymoon for our arranged marriage. Honeymoons were usually reserved for lovers. For people who could not get enough of each other.

For people who could not stand to be too far apart from their significant other. So, where was my husband?

My eyes adjust to the darkness of the room and I look around before opening the canopy curtains of the bed and walking away from the bed. The floor was cold and to my surprise, the room was bathed in a humid cold too. Was it not supposed to be a warm and sweaty kind of weather?