[Back to the Old World – Greater Woods, still shrouded in the mist…]
As Autumn drifted back into sleep…at first, there was only warmth…the sensation of Kieran's arms wrapped around her…the echo of the steady beating of his heart…his gentle strokes over her baby bump…the twisting and turning of her little ones ,responding to the touch of their father (she could tell how much they had missed him)…The slow rise and fall of his chest beneath her cheek and his subtle joyful humming, because she could tell he was finally soaking in this feeling… he was so happy… And their little family looked almost complete… almost…
Autumn knew there was still too much unanswered.. Too many questions… she couldn't even bring herself to ask him why he had married Lyla when he loved her so much… and the worst… Why had he consummated his marriage when he didn't love Lyla at all?
