-Laelia- So warm. I usually woke up at a comfortable temperature, but now I felt unbelievably warm—almost too warm. I reached out, trying to grab the blanket to throw it off me and cool down, but what I got hold of wasn’t the blanket. I opened my eyes and saw that my hand was holding onto a strong arm wrapped around me. I stared at it in shock before realizing that the arm wasn’t just around my waist. The hand attached to it was resting on one of my breasts, squeezing it slightly. I blushed deeply before slowly glancing over my shoulder. Ashes? How had he gotten so close to me? The whole journey, we had managed to sleep on our own sides, far apart from each other, and now I was wrapped so closely to him that I could feel… oh my! I could feel something hard against my back… was that?

