*Dion*

I awake lethargic and well sated, the sunlight hitting my closed eyelids, alerting me that we have slept the night away. She is still in my arms, snuggled against me, the covers gathered below her hips.

There is a chill in the air, and she is going to feel it when I move away from her to begin my day.

Reaching down, I knot a hand around the sheet, dragging it up, my gaze landing on her stomach, a belly not quite as flat as it had been when I had first made love to her.

Pausing, I study the strange markings. In her youth, her skin had been...