A few hours later, after their intense battle, Artemia's eyes opened.
The first thing she felt was something hard and long resting between her butt cheeks. The second thing she felt was a hand resting on her flat belly and a face nuzzling on her soft neck.
Someone had spooned his body to hers from behind, holding her when she was asleep.
"Kael.."
Without turning, she knew it was him.
Even if not for his fresh breath grazing her neck, she would have known from the hardness – the one that had exhausted her to sleep too early in the morning.
