Northstar Vale veer—zaara

he watched her fall asleep, even though he knew it was slightly mad to do so. he felt something, a twitch in the stomach, maybe, looking at her face. something he'd not felt in a while, at least for dawn. perhaps it was nothing, and just came from being so near where they first had met, but. . .

maybe not. maybe it wasn't nothing.

adi sighed and turned when her breathing grew deep and slow, and turned toward the vale, a silent, ponderous sentinel.