Her Three Alphas
"Not as a conclusion. As a state of being. As the thing that is simply true when I am not thinking about whether it is true. When I wake up and it is just present, already there, not something I arrive at."
"I know," I said.
"Tell me," he said.
I looked at him. "I love you," I said. "As a state of being. Already present. The thing that is true before I think about whether it is true."
He exhaled in the slow releasing way. "Good," he said. "That is exactly what I needed to hear before a council presentation."
"The council presentation is at nine," I said. "You have three hours."
"I know," he said. He reached over and took my hand and held it, easy and warm, the way he held things that were hi