“Do you want me to stay up with you?” “No. After two days of being this aware of the heart bond, she was becoming used to the feeling. At the touch, she felt the connection of the heart bond warm in her chest. “I do not believe I will sleep more tonight.” Essie scooted closer and took his hand. If there was a hint of light on the horizon, the thick foliage of the elven forest hid it from view.
The sky was the deep gray of pre-morning. For his part, Farrendel claimed she snored. Essie had hauled an entire mound of blankets into his room just to stay warm through the night. Farrendel, however, liked to sleep with that magic barrier left open on his window, letting in the cool breezes all night long. Elves had a magic barrier around their treehouses keeping them warm and bug free even though their windows were just openings without glass. It had given them the chance to learn more of each other’s quirks. At least this was a whole lot better than tromping up and down two flights of stairs between his room on one branch and her room on another branch of their section of the elven treetop palace to wake each other from nightmares. Only reason she was even staying in her husband’s rooms was to more conveniently wake him from his nightmares. Between her nightmares and Farrendel’s, neither of them had managed to sleep much in the nights since. “And you?” It had been only two days since Farrendel had killed a hundred trolls with his destructive magic after the trolls ambushed her, Farrendel, and the rest of the royal elf family. If she hadn’t woken him, then he’d already been awake dealing with the aftermath of his own nightmares.
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