Rule Number One

Yera woke up in the middle of the night and felt Xander's heavy arm encircling her waist. She let out  a sigh and looked at Xander who was sleeping soundly beside her.

She smiled and admired his control on his emotions as he slept by hugging her and didn't try doing anything else just as she had instructed him. Though he could not help sneaking on the bed, yet he had controlled his behaviour to a great extent. She had actually contemplated whether to kick him out  when she felt him joining her on the bed but in the end she decided to let him sleep beside her.

"Don't be too clingy. It will help both of us to suffer less while I will be working to find out the truth." Yera whispered  while caressing Xander's soft cheek with the back of her fingers.