Chapter 67: Longing

"It's freezing up here in the mountains. What brings you here all of a sudden?" Liliana didn't care how fierce Nixon Walker tried to look. She laughed and threw herself into his arms, her coat slipping from her shoulders and pooling on the floor, forgotten. She pressed her cheek against his chest, nuzzling into him like a kid finally back in her mom's arms. That softer, girlish side of her softened him. Nixon reached out and stroked her hair, then let out a long sigh over the top of her head. "Hey......