“Hello Alba,” Eulalie said, offering the barn owl a soft smile. The ivory and sunshine woman knew Somnus must be nearby if his bonded was here, and as if drawn by her thoughts, he rounded the corner of the hall and stepped into view. He spoke her name and she couldn’t help but to allow her eyes to drift over him, to drink him in. Despite the lingerings of uncertainty within her she wouldn’t change a thing between them. She stepped closer.
“Somnus,” her eyes were only for him, no longer caring about the walls that surrounded them or the bodies that passed, the eyes that subtly glanced. Eulalie smiled, despite everything, because she felt nothing but happiness to be standing by this golden skinned, green eyed man. “I’m doing just fine,” she responded, and now that she was here, now that she had come to tell him the words that had been sitting on the tip of her tongue since she first found out, she couldn’t figure out why she had been so unsure.
She had no reason to doubt Somnus, no reason think he would send her away once he found out the news. Eulalie knew the feelings she had for him were real, and she could only hope that whatever he felt for her was enough. Although she may have grown up with parents who did not appreciate her, cared for her like a daughter even, she would never give that life to her child. She would give them everything.
The only thing she couldn’t give them was a father. That was up to him.
“Somnus,” again, his name, slipping past her lips. At last Eulalie glanced around them only to see that there was nobody nearby. They were alone, but for how long she didn’t know. It was now or never she thought to herself as she finally met his verdant eyes. And she hoped, dearly hoped that everything would be okay. “I’m pregnant.”
@Somnus
