The night was as cool as still water.
The room was completely silent.
It was almost 2 a.m. Kelsey had fallen into a deep sleep, no longer talking in her dreams.
Rhett had been sitting beside her for over an hour, just watching her, until her breathing evened out and she slept peacefully.
But he couldn't sleep.
He wore a dark blue silk robe, the rich satin accentuating his tall, powerful frame.
He stood on the balcony, quietly closing the glass door behind him after one last glance at Kelsey asleep on the sofa.
Rhett turned and leaned his slender, firm forearms on the railing, looking down at the grounds below.
The yard had a completely different atmosphere under the streetlights than it did in the daytime.
The emerald green leaves looked dark and gloomy in the artificial light, rustling softly in the night breeze.
The swaying shadows of the trees on the balcony made the whole space feel like it existed in another dimension.
