‘Love is a fever which marriage puts to bed and cures.' -Richard J. Needham Ember The rest of the day after the battle, I felt like I was on fire one minute and then cold the next. I knew without a doubt that I was sick. I hadn’t been sick in years but I knew that I needed to go lie down. I left Killian to attend to the pack members as I started to feel worse and worse. I had a bath drawn in our room before dinner. I bathed slowly and then laid down in bed early. The way I was acting put Killian on alert. He checked on me before dinner and asked if I wanted to eat. I told him no so he went to eat with the pack members. Once I was in bed, he came back to the room to check on me. "Are you ok?" "I feel like I'm getting sick," I told him as I curled up under the covers. He put the

