Malia woke again this time to an absolute feeling of peace. Her eyes fluttered open at the sound of Mason calling her name as he tucked a strand of her raven locks behind her ear. She smiled at him as she remembered that he had held her to calm her down after her nightmare had plagued her dream before he had arrived. She tilted her face up to his and he met her half way to press a soft kiss to her lips. In that one kiss she could feel a rush of love come off of him in waves. It was as if he was trying to put all his emotion into that one soft press against her but it also held a tiny edge of sadness that she couldn’t understand.
“Is everything okay?” She asked as they parted.
He looked at her and she could see the darkness in his gaze
