// won't you breathe with me? //
Supple and pliant beneath his hands, she let him fold her into his chest with palpable relief. The long tail coiled around his ankle even as she slipped an arm around Liam's back, rubbing a soothing palm against a broad shoulder when the tremors kept returning. For her, being trapped beneath a predator was as nothing compared to the sight of Liam taking off with the rest of the pack in hot pursuit. Such a brave, foolish thing to do – the breath sucked in past gritted teeth wasn't far from a sob, dry and harsh.
"Thanks to you," she acknowledged, thoroughly unhappy about the method even though she knew the options had been limited. "When I saw that last fyrhund – " A spasm wrecked through her body, and with something like desperation chasing inhibitions away she stirred, putting her arms up around his neck so she could pull him closer, halfway into his lap; "Gods, I thought it was over – !"
"Thanks to you," she acknowledged, thoroughly unhappy about the method even though she knew the options had been limited. "When I saw that last fyrhund – " A spasm wrecked through her body, and with something like desperation chasing inhibitions away she stirred, putting her arms up around his neck so she could pull him closer, halfway into his lap; "Gods, I thought it was over – !"
Maea
// won't you take me to your heart? //
