She felt the world move around her as she began to drift off, exhaustion very suddenly hitting her, his arms feeling so very warm and comforting. With gentle movements he carried her down the hall and up the stairs to her room, and by the time he laid her in the bed, she was fast asleep. As the dawn began to break, he was gone, slipping away like a shadow back into the darker depths of the house, the light through the window seeming to chase him away like a bad dream.
