I sat there for a moment, thinking about what would happen. I knew that Kaila would make love to Charlotte. Strangely, that realization brought no anger, and merely a slight tinge of jealousy. My wife's love was not in question, and it wasn't like Charlotte could get her pregnant...
I chuckled, pulling the blanket up to cover my body. I breathed softly, craning my ear to listen for Kaila's voice in the main room. Occasionally I would hear a tone that I thought was hers, but it would soon be gone.
A minute, then another went by, and there was no sign of Kaila returning. The darkness of then room was pleasantly neutral, a background of black which my thoughts played upon. I felt my mind starting to wander, the thoughts a preview of the coming sleep.
A crack of light was my first sign of a
