Big Sis

Ryu didn't have any words of comfort for Melody, he could only listen to her words and watch her silently leave. He himself didn't truly understand Fate, so what was the point in responding with empty platitudes? There was none…

Over the next few days, under Ailsa's orders, Ryu did nothing but rest. In truth, he was shocked by his own level of fatigue. He slept for almost three days the first time he closed his eyes and awoke to find Ailsa in her full, more than six-foot-tall form massaging him.

Ryu had never felt more comfortable in his life, and that was including his life on the Shrine Plane. It was as though years of hidden hardships were being pulled from his body as her soft hands glided across his toned back.