Chapter 45Rune stretched the length of his bed and opened his eyes to the dark of his room. Outside, the sun had not yet risen, but the first of the birds had started to sing. He rolled onto his side and glanced down at Kallan. She snoozed quite peaceably on her belly. An arm hung relaxed over the side of his bed and her hair pooled down her back, over his pillows, and down the side of his bed.
Taking care not to wake her, Rune lightly brushed Kallan's cheek with his lips. He quietly slipped from the bed and began shuffling through their clothes scattered about the room. As he found his, he threw what else he found on the trunk at the foot of his bed where he quietly set his boots.
“Do you really think you'd sneak off without my knowing?”
Her eyes still closed, Kallan lay. Rune pulled u
