Beneath the Lavender Sky

ing came

scent of lavender still in the air, as if it had seeped into the very bones of the little cottage. For a moment,

iet, an

to the window. Outside, the fields stretched like a violet sea. Dew sparkled on

orner of the fie

ni

e tips of his hair and turning it to gold. It wasn't the image of a man trying to impre

edly full. She wasn't sure she was ready for that fe

nd was stacking baskets beside a wooden cart. He glanced up as she appr

okay?"

aid. "I forgot what s

ut here, it g

ed, "Thank you. For...

d, then held out a pair of gloves. "Come

lectricity hummed through her veins - not jarrin

varieties, the care it took to keep them thriving. She listened, but mostly she watched him the way he s

h shaded by an oak tree. "This one's my favo

sky, dappled with cl

most people," Daniel said quietly. "When I was a kid, I'd t

something aching behind he

ing different in his eyes now. Softer.

le. It was the kind that fills the spaces between two peo

," she said. "Someone I thought I loved. But love sho

or a moment. Then,

of those words settled in the air a

ime in months,

e lavender field outside her window. The warmth of the bench under t

oft lavender, f

the corne

ila. F

ed at the paint

omething

finally read