CATHERINE. I wake up to the sound of heavy breathing and a heavy weight on my waist. It takes all the strength in me to not fly out of the embrace. A short second really, I realize that it is Damon's hand on my waist. It is a strange occurrence for me, to wake up with anyone. I always locked my door whenever I went to bed back at Skylight Pack. I could never risk it. I begin to very carefully, move from under his embrace, not wanting to wake him up. I am almost out when he grabs me and pulls me deeper into his chest. "It is still so early," he rumbles sleepily. "Where are you going?" "Uh..., a bath?" I mumble into his neck. He raised his head to look across the room at the hanged clock. "It is almost seven. Do you have somewhere to be?" "No. Nowhere." He drops his head back to

