Chapter 12: Awake

We continued through the night mostly in silence. The air was cold but the closeness of our bodies kept the frostbite at bay. The shadow sight helped greatly and as dawn began to broke, I noticed it slowly faded, revealing the crisp orange rays of light on the horizon.

“We should rest here awhile” I said “riding through the trees will be more strenuous for her and she needs to be watered. Hello? Are you listening?”

I whipped my head to my shoulder to find Romulus peacefully sleeping. He still gripped my waist tightly and his legs remained wrapped around mine and pressed steady into the mare. He looked peaceful, but I was anything but. We had to keep moving and I was unsure what direction to take. I raised a hand slightly to his cheek stroking it to wake him up. He groaned and nestled into too my neck, he lips softly touching the skin behind my ear, he was still asleep and I felt my face turn bright red.

I slapped his thigh and he awoke with a start

“What the Fuck- “