As they lay entangled in each other's arms, Emira smiled faintly and traced small circles on his chest with her finger. This quiet after everything felt warm and peaceful.
She had thought that being with only one of them would feel strange… like something would be missing. But lying here now, feeling Zen's steady breathing and the relaxed weight of his arm around her, she realised she was content like this too. She wanted all three of them, yes, but it didn't always have to be together.
She could want them in different ways. She could want this closeness with each of them separately. Just like she had fallen asleep with Lance and Kael on each side of her earlier.
She tilted her head up to look at his face. The relaxed smile on his lips made her smile too, and somehow that gave her the courage to ask what had been sitting heavy in her mind.
"Zen," she whispered.
"Hm?" he murmured without opening his eyes, sounding too lazy and too satisfied to move.
