~ CASIMIR ~
As Jesse slid slowly into sleep, her exhaustion and tension seeping out of her, I took a very few minutes to simply enjoy the knowledge that our love had been a success, that we had truly built something together. A family. God, what a thought- there was a soul already alive that was made of me and her.
As I thought of how close I'd come to breaching that bond- and it occurred to me what the likely fate of our child would have been if I'd done that- I had to breathe through the panic and let myself sink into the sensation of her arms around me and her weight leaning against me. Her trust in sleeping with my wolf, in clinging to me as she rested… It was a balm, and one that made the bond glow. But that connection between us was still thin. Present. Not broken, thank God. But thin. And… damaged.
