Naledi woke up in stages, she felt the early morning sun warm her skin and the sweet breeze from the mountain fan her face. Her mind was blissful and rested. She burrowed into the covers feeling lethargic because for the first time in a long time she’d slept like the dead. That lasted for a few more minutes as she became fully awake, and her eyes popped open. She stared at the rumbled sheets. And her mind went back to last night. Anthony. She sat up quickly, shoving off the bed. She stared at it and found it to be empty. He was gone. She moved in little circles as she picked up the blankets and quilts off the floor.
Oh goodness!
She hadn’t planned to spend the whole night there. She had thought she would get up and go to her own room, in the servant quarters once he became warm. But it
