“Does that mean you’re staying?” Kordan interrupted the silence and her pondering. His voice sounded almost emotionless, but she could make out a hint of hope and fear in it. Lory was confident that she would learn to read his emotions with time, even if he wasn’t very good at expressing his feelings. “Yes,” she answered quietly and he responded by pulling her still closer to him and kissing her on the forehead. “I’m glad,” he stated. “Me, too.” They were silent again for a while but it was a pleasant silence. She felt good and didn’t feel the need to get up and get dressed, as had been the case with her previous lovers. Until now she had always slept alone. Even when she had had a longer relationship with a man she had always gone home after having s*x. It was a strange feeling that s

