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Gotta read it all

Nergui had gone to bed some hours earlier, though Soren's absence was not easily ignored, even in sleep. She had tried, for a time, and had managed to drift off periodically, but at a certain point enough was enough. The mare slid from their large bed, bare feet silent on the cool stone floor as she drew on a silk robe and headed through their quarters to the library.

He was where she'd expected to find him, hunched over the same book he'd been working on when she'd turned in for the evening, though the volume of pages had shifted dramatically from one side to the other. He was very nearly finished with it when she slid up behind him and placed a small hand on his shoulder.

You need your sleep, my love. It was soft and just a touch chiding, but her touch was gentle as she slide the tips of her nails along the back of his neck beneath the warmth of his hair.

Gotta read it all

Mismatched eyes dropped to the book in his hands, then rose again to meet candy apple red. Expression lost somewhere between patience and impatience. in a way. the bed was too large to be comfortable without him there to help warm the sheets. She was used to falling asleep to the sound of his deep breathing and the weight of his arm draped across her her hip.

The books will still be here when you wake, love. I can feel how tired you are. the priestess picked a scrap of parchment up from the desk and lay it over the page he'd been reading, then pulled the book from large hands to close it. Come to bed, my love. although soft, the tone of her thoughts left very little room for refusal. She set the book down, then reached for his hands, pulling on him gently.

Nursery rhymes

She was standing in the doorway of the room they had selected to be the nursery, arms folded, one hand up to lay delicate fingers against her chin. She'd been standing there for a few minutes now, head turning slowly to take in the walls, the window, the floor. Placing furniture in her mind, designing the room, over and over.

Nursery Rhymes

She felt his approach before his hands had even touched her, and laying her's on top of his, she leaned back against him, smiling.

Show me, he'd said. So she did, opening that connection between them so he could see what she was seeing. The various arrangements of furniture, of pigmented walls. She let him see all of it.

Nursery Rhymes

She slid her hands over his, lacing their fingers as she tipped her head against his chest so she could look up at him. Help me make it real.

It would take some time, a week or more, to get everything the way she had been imagining it, but it would be perfect, she knew it.

Nursery rhymes

A wonderful idea, my sweet.

Nergui turned in his arms to lay palms against his chest, leaning in against him. Soon we'll have the pitter patter of tiny feet thrugh our halls. Are you excited, my love? She could feel that he was, but still she asked, lips curled up in a coy little smile as she ran fingertips over the stitching in his tunic.

Nursery rhymes

Fingertips drifted upward until she was cupping her stallion's cheeks. Soon, my love. Very soon. Patient and impatient all at once, but everything had to be perfect. They needed the nursery, they needed the crib, and the priestess believed they needed this time, as well. To be sure, absolutely sure, they were both ready for this.

It seemed to her they had the latter taken care of. There was no more doubt her guardian's mind, and there had never been any in her's.