04-17-2012, 12:32 AM
They leaned their foreheads together. She seemed to be as uncertain and unsteady as he was. He was glad he wasn't the only one who was nervous about this. "I will protect you, Ayasha. I love you too much to lose you like Taliesin did my mom. No one and nothing will hurt you, ever."
He paused for a moment, and then pushed ahead. "The dream was terrible, love. All darkness and shadows...and I couldn't save you in the dream. The butterflies keep warning me that this could happen, that something will go wrong, or that the shadows will get you, get to you. You kept screaming my name, and the shadows killed you, and our pups."
His voice was taut, tense. His last words were a hoarse whisper, his hands gripping her tighter as though to protect her by his will alone.
He paused for a moment, and then pushed ahead. "The dream was terrible, love. All darkness and shadows...and I couldn't save you in the dream. The butterflies keep warning me that this could happen, that something will go wrong, or that the shadows will get you, get to you. You kept screaming my name, and the shadows killed you, and our pups."
His voice was taut, tense. His last words were a hoarse whisper, his hands gripping her tighter as though to protect her by his will alone.