Marked For Ruin
The realization was a profound, healing balm.
I lay back in the nest, my body languid and warm, the violent, jagged edges of my heat having been smoothed away. The pain was gone, replaced by a deep, humming peace. My fortress of soft blankets and pillows was a sanctuary, and the air itself was a prayer, thick with the scents of my protectors. I could pick them out now, my heightened senses weaving them into a tapestry of safety. Milo’s gentle chamomile and herbs were a thread of constant, quiet kindness. Zaide’s scent of worn leather and clean steel was a promise of unbreachable security, a wall against the world. And now, Caius’s cool, clean scent of night air after a rainstorm was a whispe
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