Sal's Universe, (still) Las Vegas, Nevada. Morning after wedding.

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She growled at the sunlight that was peeking through the curtains and hitting her face just-so, and groaned, stretching her arms out and swearing vengeance on the blinds for not doing their job and convincing her that it was still dark outside.

Surely it wasn't the morning already? She felt like she'd just gotten to sleep.

And then she remembered what had happened the evening before and sat up straight, examining her left hand. Yes, the new ring was still there. She saw the remains of the mammoth lobster still sitting on the bedside table.

Okay. I didn't dream all of that. She smiled widely and flopped back down into the (very fluffy, very squishy, and so comfortable it felt illegal) pillows, turning to her left side and smiling at the man who was surveying her with a look of amusement.

"Good morning," she said, propping her head up with her hand as she looked down at Kurt. "I woke ye up, didn' I?"

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"I know." Sal frowned, wiping her eyes. "What are we gonna do, then?"

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"Ach, first TJ und now Volfen?" He looked down at her, stunned. "Vill something take Jabez too?"

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She shook her head. "I don't know," she said. "I don't even know if Wolfen is the next Spirit Mage. I wish I had more answers for you, but I don't. All I knows is that if we gets a war again..."

She couldn't finish the sentence. She turned away from Kurt and sat down heavily on her bed, wanting to do nothing more than curl up into a ball and disappear.

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He moaned softly, not wanting to be away from her, then moved over and hesitantly went to pull her close.

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She wanted to smile when he came to her, but couldn't find it in herself to do so.

"I'm sorry... I should have told you all of this before," she whispered, looking up at him. She was new to this - this severe attachment to a person, and now she was worried that it was all going to fall to bits on her.

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"Shhh." He rocked her, his tail wrapping around her ankle in their small private hug.

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For a moment she let him hold her; let his very presence soothe her soul. But it wasn't long before doubts began to creep up in Sal's mind.

"If you can't do this anymore," she said softly, "I'll understand."