Noctisardor Bypass Quiet and cold - that's the way I like it

Ending here

As soon as the boy settled beside her, she laid her head across his flank. Despite their recent introduction to each other, she was born and raised by Roma, where family mattered more than anything, and the touch of another could mean life or death. She snorted, released one last breath of stale air before her mismatched eyes closed, quickly beginning to snore.