Lorelei

Morning light streamed through my windows, and for the first time in what felt like forever, I didn't want to crawl back under the covers.

I stretched in bed, feeling the lingering warmth from a night of dreamless sleep. The shivers hadn't woken me. The bond hadn't tormented me. I'd simply... rested. The way normal people did. The way I used to, before everything.

Today was going to be different. Today, I was going to do something.

I threw back the covers and crossed to my closet, ...