C9 Take on the Dragon

When I came down the next morning, the couch was empty, the bedding neatly folded. The bathroom door was shut, and I heard the shower running. I had dressed in jeans and a dark-blue T-shirt after a quick shower upstairs. My short honey-blond hair was damp and curling from the humidity. I hardly looked like a woman who planned to be married shortly, I reflected. Of course