Eralia’s POV
I wake up with Liberty stretched across my chest, her deep breathing telling me that she’s still asleep. Beside her is Austin, the six year old star fishing across the left hand side of the bed, taking up his own space and the space that was occupied by Tanner when I came to bed. The room is filled with early morning light that shines through the gap in the curtains that I left open in case any of my siblings needed to get up during the night. I reach around awkwardly beside me on the bedside table, managing to grab my cell phone, the screen lighting up with the time as I hold it in front of me. It’s four thirty in the morning, too early really, but I’m wide awake for some reason and I just know that I’m not getting back to sleep again this morning.
I ease Liberty off me, ro
