She knew her aunt was used to rising earlier than the rest of the household, but Cat remained wary of disturbing the peaceful silence.“Enter,” came a quiet voice from inside the room. Cat opened the door and saw Aunt Hetty sitting in bed with her knees drawn up and a large book open in her lap.“A...
The tempo of life in the city exhausted him, though it had never been that way in his youth. For most of his life, he'd loved being elbow-to-elbow with all kinds of people, hearing their noise and knowing that all the world could offer was at his fingertips. Everything except the quiet he now cra...