The sun wasn't up, but the world was starting to breathe again. I quietly slipped back into our room and tucked the basket of food into the small fridge in our personal kitchen. Shedding my cloak, I decided to slide back into the warmth of the bed. Demetrius is usually up before me anyway, so I didn't mind the risk of waking him.
I slid under the duvet, the chill of my skin meeting his furnace-like heat. I reached for his arms, pulling them around my waist and tucking my back against his chest. I felt him stir almost immediately, his breath hitching as he felt me settle.
He let out a low, sleepy grunt, his nose burying into the crook of my neck. I felt him take a deep, long sniff of my hair, then another down the line of my throat.
"Mmmm... bacon," he mumbled, his voice gravelly and thi
