The Princess And the Pauper
“The brilliant light warmed him like nothing else before, and the heady lavender both spurred and comforted him. The moment might have lasted a thousand years—there was no stormless place more restful, and he grimaced with regret when an unnatural weight settled over him and darkness covered the sky.
As Grey opened his sore eyes, pulsing pain spread through the rest of his face and across his chest. He struggled to breathe. For a few confused moments he thought he was suffocating.
He closed his ...eyes again and steadied his irregular heartbeat, and as his breathing evened and the room focused in the morning light, he sensed a peculiar heaviness on his shoulder.
Rolling his head to the side, his mouth and chin brushed against a mass of red hair.
Emily.
She was dreaming, so peaceful, curled alongside him in the bed. His skin heated as his heartbeat hastened again and blood surged through his veins. He didn’t remember her coming to him in the night, couldn’t think why she was there. He only knew he didn’t want to disturb her untroubled sleep .MoreLess
As Grey opened his sore eyes, pulsing pain spread through the rest of his face and across his chest. He struggled to breathe. For a few confused moments he thought he was suffocating.
He closed his ...eyes again and steadied his irregular heartbeat, and as his breathing evened and the room focused in the morning light, he sensed a peculiar heaviness on his shoulder.
Rolling his head to the side, his mouth and chin brushed against a mass of red hair.
Emily.
She was dreaming, so peaceful, curled alongside him in the bed. His skin heated as his heartbeat hastened again and blood surged through his veins. He didn’t remember her coming to him in the night, couldn’t think why she was there. He only knew he didn’t want to disturb her untroubled sleep .MoreLess
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