After their battle, the two took a bath and lay on the bed with Sera nestled inside his arm like a weak kitten.
''Why did you do that?" Alex asked, and it went without saying that he was asking why she asked him to take her after the rescue. He had thought he would take his time with her, not rush things so she would see that he was not after her body but wanted the whole thing.
Sera chuckled.
''Well, it is because I felt it was the right time.''
She went silent for a while before saying something her grandmother, who died a few years ago, used to tell her when she hit puberty.
