...Along Came Cyrene by Merciella Heartstorm

Author:Merciella Heartstorm [Heartstorm, Merciella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-12-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17: Secrets

When morning came, I let her sleep through the dawn until it was around six. As I glanced down at her sleeping form, I was struck once more by the depth of emotion I felt when I looked down and saw her sleeping in my arms. I brushed my fingertips gently across her cheek, and tucked a stray piece of her hair behind her ear, before I leaned over and gave her a gentle kiss on the cheek.

She stirred slightly, before her beautiful sea green eyes fluttered open and locked onto my red ones. I smiled at her, and she smiled back sleepily. I didn’t miss the puffiness under her eyes, but I wisely made no comment on it.

“Good morning, little Fey.” I whispered, and she smiled at me. It took her a couple of tries before she could respond. “You stayed.” She eventually managed, in a strange wonderment, her voice thick from sleep and crying. As if she had expected me to have crept off during the night to leave her to her misery and nightmares. I smiled and stroked her cheek once more.

"Of course I did. You needed me.” The look in her eyes as she stared at me was well worth every moment, even if I hadn’t enjoyed having her in my arms all night. It warmed me right down to my toes, and I couldn’t help the smile on my face.

“Zelena…” It was a moment later that her memory kicked in as to why she’d asked me to stay, and the bit of brightness in her eyes dulled as she remembered Rael. Well, I didn’t want her to start the day melancholically, and while she had every right to grieve, I wanted her to be able to function.

She would need that too, I was sure of it, so I decided I would do my best to distract her during the day. When night-time came again, I would deal with it as it came. But for now, we had an appointment.

“Time to get up now Cyrene. We have some shopping to do, and I’m taking you out this morning for breakfast, so you can try something new.” I reluctantly left the bed and got up to switch on the dim lights before moving to the chest of drawers and pulling out my loose pair of black trackies, a black shirt, and a black knit cardigan.

“Here we are. You can put these on. They’re not the most fashionable, but at least there’s no blood on them. Try them on when you get out of the shower.”

I placed them neatly folded on the bed and couldn’t help but stare at her as she stood there and yawned, stretching sleepily. She had fluffy bed hair, and even dishevelled from sleep, she looked damn sexy. I reckon she could have even gotten away with not needing to brush at all, and still look good.

The golden collar winked in the soft lamplight, as well as off her cuffs as she stretched, one of my only light coloured silk teddies adorning her body, a soft lavender shade.

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