Eclipsed by Midnight by Kristina Canady

Author:Kristina Canady [Canady, Kristina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Family Saga, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Sagas
Amazon: B01C6LC7PQ
Publisher: Lunar Eclipse LLC
Published: 2016-03-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“Surrender is faith that the power of love can accomplish anything even when you cannot foresee the outcome.” ~Deepak Chopra

Etienne

We had barely arrived home before Sasha began to rise from her stupor to fight me on a bath. She simply wanted to curl into our bed, bloodied, tattered clothes and all. I couldn’t allow that to happen. It is my job to care for her and she isn’t quite settled back into her right mind after absorbing that amount of power. Fight as she may, she isn’t winning on this one.

Carrying her wiggling, half-conscious frame into the bath, I set her upon the vanity stool and prepare the jetted tub. She’s barely been able to keep her eyes open and decided to slump over the marble countertop as I ready the water and strip us both. Once satisfied that everything is ready, I stoop to cradle her. Thankfully, her groggy, barely coherent body doesn’t put up a fight once her worn flesh comes to rest against mine. Gently, I submerge us into the lavender-scented water. She moans in delight as I bathe her. Even though she’s remained in an unusual, dream-like state, part of her is cognizant. My cock kicks at the sound of her bliss, but I quickly temper the thought as I run a wash cloth over her back and pick all the debris from her flowing locks.

Disconnected from my emotions and focused solely on the task at hand, I gently tend to her—cleansing every glorious inch of my mate as if she were fine china before rinsing, drying, and tucking her into our bed. I am on complete autopilot as I work, all thoughts or emotions tempered by overwhelming exhaustion and inability to lend an ounce of energy to any of it. As the weight of her body settles against the satin sheets with a contented sigh, my hands pull the duvet up around her form. Staring vacantly at the small, sleeping figure now nestled under a disproportionate amount of covers, my body sags and turns to throw on some sweats.

It was initially my intention to join her and slip into a blessed unconscious state but alas, here I sit, alone in my study, staring off into the unknown. As much as I want to rest, that time will not come until the misfits finally drag their sorry selves in. Some chaperones I assigned to the twins. It is already seven in the morning, and there has been no sign of any of them. It feels like it should be much later in the day considering all that has taken place in the last twenty-four hours, but no, time moves on like molasses.

Sasha had risen from the ground just after five this morning. She time warped us home in moments, a feat I have yet to understand. The enormity of the responsibility now sitting upon my shoulders begins to feel like an unmovable, suffocating boulder.

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