Adriana was watching the ceiling, and she blinked a few times after the candle went out to allow her eyes to adjust to the new lighting. The room was almost completely black, since the moon was almost completely covered with clouds. She could hear the dragons stirring and breathing outside. Surprisingly, Ki and Kalib were no longer crossing her mind. The only thing on her mind, actually, was Halt.

Just as her eyes were closing, she felt something touch her hand. Without thinking she jerked her hand away from Halt, but then she immediately regretted the action. It had been so long since she had touched or been touched by another person, other than through battle of course. She had no problems with being close to the dragons, or even animals…but Vanthm always popped up in her mind when she had any physical contact with another person.

Whats wrong? Draken had seen every thought that had sped through her mind after Halt had touched her hand.

Nothing, good night. And with that said to her Dragon, she blocked Draken completely out of her mind for the first time in a very, very long time.

Adriana then fought against past thoughts of Vanthm, and turned over onto her side; facing Halt. She scooted closer until her head was resting upon his shoulder, and reached across his body so that her arm was resting across his stomach. She was careful to not touch any of his wounds. With a heavy sigh she smiled, snuggling her cheek into his shoulder gently. It felt good to be close to someone. Adriana wasn’t even thinking about whether Halt was comfortable with her being so close or not.

(Raze, I’ll post for you soon! )

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