LILY
No matter how much I tried, I couldn’t go back to sleep.
I’d tried everything – from chamomile, to white noise, to even stuffing my face in the pillow to … I didn’t even know why – try to make myself pass out, maybe?
I took a sigh, rolling into the warm blankets and looking out the window. The snow was falling gently under the moonlight, shining silver. My balcony was already covered in it, and even though something in me kind of wanted to go out and touch it, the one who appreciated the comfort and warmth of the bed kept me from doing so.
Connor and I had met – well, mated – during a night very similar to this. It was a few days before Christmas, he’d come over to my family's house to extend his wishes, I’d been home from college, and … the bond had snapped. I didn’t even need
