[Vereena]
Am I dreaming? Or was I dead?
No… I am certain I heard Callum's voice calling me from a distance.
Then, I thought I called back.
Did he hear me?
It's so cold, and I'm seeing things.
Was he really in here? Had he really found me?
"It's okay now, caileag. I'm here."
There it is again, his voice. So, soothing like a lullaby drifting me off to sleep.
Oh, I just wanted to sleep.
Suddenly, my body was lifted, or perhaps it was just my spirit leaving behind its earthly body. However, it is so warm, as if the side of my cheek were rubbed against a strong mass of pure muscles that cocooning me. My spirit hasn't departed my body yet, I was being carried.
"Sleep," I mumbled, leaning further into the wall of warm muscle. I was no longer shaking, but the cold hasn't left me yet. Nonetheless, sleep is crooning right at the back of my head, coercing me to close my eyes.
"No. No. No, caileag, stay with me."
