~Iona~
I woke up in Ste's arms feeling so warm and safe. I laid their for a moment and just enjoyed the peace that was given to me by the feeling on his large hand that had worked its way up the back of the t-shirt that Ste had given me to sleep in to rest against my bare skin. I could imagine waking up everyday to feeling this happy, content and cared for.
Then, everything came crashing back. Pearl being taken, following up a dead end lead and then the fact that at 7pm she would have to fight her best friend to the death unless we managed to find them and save them in time.
I sat up like a bolt of lightening had just struck me, jumping from the bed and grabbing the clothes that Cassy had leant to me before running into the bathroom. I needed to get a grip. Here I am thinking of happily
