Chapter 2
Bo couldn't sleep. She was too exhausted that she just couldn't fall asleep.
She watched the starlight fell on Tamsin's face when she was sleeping. It looked so feeble, almost unreal, as if even a breath of air would break it.
The blonde was in sleep, and only during this moment, she was not this bitchy, bossy valkyrie anymore. She was not wielding any weapon, nor was she in killing mode. She wasn't cursing anything, or kicking anyone's ass.
Only during this moment, she looked vulnerable, she looked like she needed someone to take care of her.
Bo did not tell Tamsin how terrified she was when she carried her up from the river. She didn't even know where to start. She told her that she was so scared that she would die. But that didn't even remotely describe how she really felt back then.
Bo remembered that she held her in her arms tight. She remembered that she cried. She could see her own tears dropping onto Tamsin's face. Tamsin had her eyes closed. She could hear herself whispering to her.
Stay with me. Stay with me.
But strangely, she couldn't feel sad, or anger, or pain, or even coldness anymore. In fact, she couldn't feel anything but fear, as if suddenly someone had ripped her heart out, so fast that she couldn't even feel the pain, and replaced it with a bottle of fear. The fear pumped through her body. She couldn't breath, she couldn't move and she couldn't stop trembling.
For a minute or two, she just held her and sat there. She didn't know what to do. She remembered when Ciara fell off the cliff, all she felt was pain, anger and sorrow. She never felt as terrified as like right now.
But now, thinking about Tamsin could die, all she could think of was she couldn't lose her, not before she told her how she felt for her. She just couldn't feel anything else anymore. At that very moment, Bo suddenly realized something she hadn't faced before. She was in love. She was in love with this hot, tough valkyrie. She just couldn't lose her, now, or never.
She heard herself whispering to her, asking her to stay with her. She heard her voice scattered in the snowfall.
Then she saw the snowy owl. She was standing in front of her, watching her. Her amber eyes were so bright and calm. She tilted her head a little, as if she wanted to talk. But then she just took off.
Subconsciously, she had her eyes followed the owl. She saw her landed on something. It didn't look like a tree branch, instead it looked like it was smooth and flat. Suddenly Bo had realized that it was a house roof. She couldn't remember how she climbed up there with Tamsin unconsciously tied on her back. It was steep, and icy. But she did.
She kicked the door open, then laid Tamsin on the floor. She put her ear on her chest and heard the weak heart beat, so weak that she had to hold her breath to listen but it was still there. That had made her tears bursting out her eyes again.
" You said you are not going to leave me. Now it's a damn good time for you to keep your promise, valkyrie." Bo whispered to her ears, and kissed her.
She then lit the fire, and stripped both of them under the blanket.
Bo remembered her teeth chattered when she touched Tamsin. She was freezing, because of the loss of blood and the icy river rafting. Bo held her as tight as she can. Then she prayed, because that was the only thing she could do right now. She never believed in praying, but now she prayed in her heart, to all the Gods that she had ever known. She prayed in her heart, that she would give up just about anything for her.
Stay with me. Stay with me. She whispered to her, again and again. She rubbed her hands on the blonde's skin to help her blood circulation.
The wood was burning up, and the room was warmed up by it. Bo could see the ice melting from Tamsin's hair. It dripped on the floor, then vaporized in the air. She saw her face became less pale. She could feel her heart beat getting stronger. Although she was still unconscious.
She put her closer to the fire, and held her tight.
She knew she had brought her back, the hot tough valkyrie who had told her that she was never leaving her.
She felt the relief, as if she herself was the one who had just slipped away from the death. Then she cried like a little girl. She just couldn't stop her tears. She saw the moonlight shined through the window, the beautiful, calm moonlight. She felt a moment of peace, like she never had felt before.
The shiver from Tamsin pulled Bo back from her own thoughts. She turn her around, so she could put her head against her chest. Then she put Tamsin's hands on her waist, to get her closer. She felt the blonde's hair and her breath on her chest, tickling.
She held her tighter.
