Chapter 46

She was asleep on his shoulder, tiny sounds escaping her as she dreamed, and he wondered what dreams she was having. If they were nice dreams. He’d had a very nice dream, which was why he was awake and why he was relieved that she wasn’t He didn’t want to try to explain the tension in him or the smell of his pheromones. Instead, he tried to relax back into the bed and calm down. A soft hand touched his face and he looked down to see her dark eyes looking up at him.

“Go back to sleep, Ardala.” He told her softly, knowing from the lack of awareness in her eyes that she wasn’t properly awake. “I’m ok, I just had a dream.”

“Will you tell me what you dreamed?” Her voice was hazy and dreamy, and her hand was soft as she stroked his cheek.

“When you come back, I’ll tell you.” He watched as her eyes drifted back shut and she went limp by his side. It took him a while to nod back off with as excited as he was, but eventually he managed to calm down enough to get back to sleep.