C16 SIXTEEN

Never Doubt I Love

DEREK

Doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.

— William Shakespeare, Hamlet

A POUNDING WOKE me. I jerked away, reaching for Rose instinctually. She lay sleeping beside me, but woke quickly at the next wave of knocking.

Her eyes looked swollen from lack of sleep, and I wondered what she dreamed that had her tossing and turning lately