Page 51 of My Salvation

“I figured Eion would have been just as excited as Merrick to install smart home features. It makes things easier for them.”

“You guessed?”

He yawned. “Yeah.”

She pulled his arm around her and latched on to it like a new favorite stuffed animal.

“Goodnight, my love,” she whispered.

“Goodnight, my everything.”

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Opening her eyes, she had to admit, she had never slept more soundly.

“Time to get up,” a chipper voice said above her head.

She glared at her mate as he stood over her, smiling happily.

“No.” She turned away from him and pulled the blankets over her head.

“Cas?”

“Cas?”

“Go away.”

“Hmmm.”

She heard the door open, then close.

Sighing, she let her eyes close and began to doze again.

“Cassandra, time to get up.”

Her brain tried to place the voice. Ilian? Is he back? Ilian. Her athair! She was home! Eion!

She bolted upright in bed. “Eion!”

Her squire smiled down at her holding a cup with steam wafting upward. “You still sleep like the dead.”

“Coffee?”

He nodded and passed her the cup.

“You scared your mate.”

She looked around. “Where is he anyway?”

“He said something about his commander being a genius and chocolate, then left in a hurry.”

“If that man comes back with chocolate or coffee in any form, I’m having his babies.”

Eion chuckled. “I had thought that would eventually happen anyway.”

She sipped her coffee. “Yes, but I’ll move it up on the to-do list.”

He bowed. “As it were. If the young man does return with chocolate or coffee, it might be best you eat something substantial beforehand.”

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