Thirty Four

I awoke a few times during the night, with nightmares of being chased, or dragged, unable to move, to find myself with a strong set of arms around me, soothing me, and the triplets' scents surrounding me. I felt them stirring during the night too, reaching for me several times, as though making sure I was still really there. It was oddly comforting, knowing that they needed me, even though I hated that they'd had to worry so much.

I couldn't truly understand the depths of what they'd felt when they realised I was gone, and for the two days following, but I could easily see how much it had affected them, and all I wanted to do was be close to them, reassure them, and help wash all of those feelings away. We didn't get much time to ourselves once the following day started though. We all caught each other up on what had happened when others hadn't been there, and then Thane needed to do the same with the Elders, who were naturally very interested in knowing the details of any threats to