Lucian made Blue breakfast.
He had been the one to clean them up with wet towels after they had mated. The mating marks were supposed to scar, and so Lucian had carefully disinfected the bites, the sting making Blue hiss even though she had already been half-asleep at that time. Lucian hadn't wanted to disturb her further, but cleaning the mating marks guaranteed that they would not become infected.
Lucian's sleep had been so good that the bone-tired feeling he'd been hiding since Blue first came to the Northern Territory had dissipated. Lucian ached in some places, but barely enough to inhibit any movement.
He felt like a brand new person.
"Thank f**k your house doesn't have stairs."
Lucian smiled down at the eggs he had scrambled in the frying pan. He turned around, spatula still i
