Elyse woke to darkness. Not sure why she was awake or what had woken her, she lay still, listening and trying to remember what had woken her. Had it been a dream or something else? The bed shifting reminded her she wasn"t alone, and she reached out trying to find Mac. There he was, Elyse settled back against his reassuring warmth and tried to relax. A moment later he rolled over, wrapped an arm around her and pulled her closer against him.
"Everything all right, a thasgaidh?"
a thasgaidh?""I think so." She felt stupid for having woken him with her worries, even if she hadn"t done it on purpose.
"Think?" His arm tightened around her middle. "What"s wrong?"
Elyse sighed. She hadn"t wanted to go into this now, but there really wasn"t a good time, was there?
"I know my timing could be
