Unbreakable Bonds
Stayne lay in bed, staring up at the ceiling. Next to him, Alannah lay sleeping, her arm draped over his chest and her head resting in the crook of his shoulder. Stayne turned his head, smiling at her. 'She fits so nicely', he thought happily. He continued to watch her sleep, and smiled quietly as he thought of the strong bond that was between them, a bond that seemed to grow deeper and stronger every day. He had told her more than once that he was hers completely, but he had never realized just how true that was. She was his soul, his other half, the light to his darkness. It was a constant source of amazement to him, and, he thought with some amusement, a source of jealousy for some of the younger Lords. But since word had gotten around about the fate Waters suffered, the Lords had limited themselves to mere looks. None of them dared to cross either Stayne or Alannah.
Stayne gently stroked Alannah's arm, smiling as she purred happily and settled more fully against him. He kissed her softly. "I love you."
He knew that there were many at Court who could not understand the deep intangible bond that they shared. Stayne had to admit to himself that he sometimes could not understand it either. 'But perhaps', he thought to himself, 'it's not something I am meant to understand. It just is.'