Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Beauty and the Beast or its characters.
However Cassiana and Jordan are mine.
The Cassiana Chronicles
Chapter 3 – Night Thoughts
Cassiana lay very still listening to the breathing of the man in the bed beside her.
She did not want to disturb his sleep, but she so longed to brush the hair back
from his forehead, and replace it with a kiss. He was more precious to her than
anything. Along with their daughter, he was the most important person in her
life.
They had been apart for many years, and now that fate had reunited them again,
she wished they could stay together always. But the part of herself that could
sense his thoughts and his feelings felt the unrest within him. The desire to
move on, and be free. But at the same time she could also sense that he had
no wish to be free of her or their daughter, Jordan.
Easing herself into a sitting position she looked down at the sleeping form of the
man she had loved all her life, and a sing solitary tear slid down her cheek.
"Oh Devin." She whispered. "If you stay, you'll start to resent me for holding
you back. I couldn't bear to look into your eyes, day after day, and see
resentment there. So when the time comes I'll give you your freedom. I'll let
you go, so that when you return again there will still be love in your eyes, the
way there is now, every time you look at me. But oh how I shall miss you."
Giving in to temptation, she bent to place a feather light kiss on his lips, then
held he breath as he stirred. But he did not wake, so she eased herseft back
under the covers ready for sleep at last.
Devin Wells opened his eyes and waited until her slow even breathing told him
she was asleep before he turned to face her.
"Cassiana." He whispered. My dearest love. Keeper of my heart. I do not
deserve you."