The Sentinels pride and prejudice

i shouldn't, but.........

she slept soundly. with her sister in good health again, deirdre was at ease again. all she knew was happiness again, except when she caught on to others misery. even then she remained happy, eager to make them such a way, too! deirdre heard the whine and one eye cracked open thinly, her supple body turning stiff as stone when she thought her sister might be frightened. the soft word her sister crooned—a word for her, deirdre now understood—caused her to release the anxious breath she had held, and she closed her eyes again and pressed nearer to her. deirdre breathed her sister in, and tried to find her way to her dreams again.