The Mountain: A McKenna Prequel Novella

The mountain was meant to be my refuge—a quiet place to breathe, to let down my guard, to finally be me. But then he shows up. The man I’ve been secretly crushing on. The one I’ve watched from afar, convinced he could never feel the same. Now he’s here, and the silence I once craved is filled with stolen glances, lingering touches, and the kind of laughter that feels like home. I bought this land on the mountain to be alone. But maybe what I needed… was him.