I make my way up the three staircases to my room, but, as tired as I am, I can’t crawl right into bed. I need to unwind a little bit. I wander out onto the terrace and the view of the sun setting over the ocean is beautiful. The sky is shades of orange and pink that I’ve never seen before, and the way it sparkles against the water is amazing. Something else comes into my field of vision. A paper flying in the wind. Gently, it floats down towards me and I reach my hand out for it. As soon as it’s in my grasp, the gown I wore to dinner becomes a beautiful, pale pink nightgown of the softest silk. I smile as I read the note. I wanted to make sure that the only one of us wearing a nightgown is you. I am sure you look beautiful. Sweet dreams I laugh softly. He really is a nice guy, no matter how much he teases me. Finally ready to turn in, I climb into the humongous bed and pull the covers over me. The comforter has no traces of the blood from my leg wounds earlier. Tabitha must have taken care of that. Closing my eyes, I don’t have time to think another thought before I am deep asleep. Sometime later, I wake up to find myself entangled in Kallen’s arms. I guess it shows how tired I was that I didn’t wake up when he came in. Or, I am so used to him sleeping with me now, his arm across my body is expected, not cause for alarm. I don’t wake him, I just snuggle closer. He pulls me tighter against him in his sleep and I doze back off. Kallen’s shout of “Ow!”
