~What We Protect at Night~

EIRA

Night had settled over Bloodfang, but my mind did not. The room was quiet in the way only deep hours could be quiet. No patrol calls. No doors opening. Just the low hum of the territory breathing outside our walls. I lay on my back, staring at the ceiling, counting nothing in particular.

Elrich shifted beside me.

It was small, barely noticeable, but he always knew. So many years of sharing space had tuned him to changes I didn’t bother hiding ...