Tranquility is being disturbed by something but Lyra is too tired to make out what or even care.
She just wants to sleep but the disturbance continues.
“Stop...” she mumbles halfheartedly.
Soft chuckling passes by her consciousness briefly causing a lazy smile to spread on her as a
response to the warm sound.
“Time to wake up now, love”
Turning she slowly squints her eyes open but blinks away the sleep a few times before focusing
on her surroundings.
"Good morning sleeping beauty."
"Jaz?" she asks tiredly. Sleep not yet fully gone.
"Nice to see you among the living again." he teases but with a streak of worry mixed within.
"Have I been sleeping long?"
"It's been three days since Lydoran spoke with you and before that two days passed. So five
days in total."
"Wow..." was all she managed to say. Sudden thirst hits her from out of nowhere and the more
she thinks about it the drier and more aching it feels. It went from a dull aching to burning
within seconds only. Even a stomach ache makes itself known. Her first thought is getting
another wave of pain. Panic is dancing on the edge of her mind ready to take over. Last thing
she wants to feel is more pain and end up in a state of panic right after waking up. The tingling
feeling she felt while in her dark space is making its presence known. Thoughts like safe, warm,
loved, cared for and wanted all engulfs her mind at ones. Something soft is pressed against her
lips. A smell so sweet and enticing, it makes honey appear bitter in comparison, reaches her
senses and its origin seems to be the softness against her lips. Whatever the smell is she wants
it. Badly. Greedily she latches on to the warm softness. A short burst of pain hits her mouth but
she is so consumed with licking up the sweetness before her that all pain is being ignored.
Instincts tells her to pierce through so she listens and is rewarded as sweet liquid flows freely
into her, soothing the burning in her throat and takes away all previous aches and pains. Faintly
she becomes aware of being held tightly. A solid chest against her back.
"Feeling better now?"
Withdrawing she looks at what is in front of her for the first time. Turns out Lydoran’s arm is
what she associated as soft and his blood was what had that enticing smell. Gently she licks the
puncture wounds and the area around and chuckles lowly when her actions make him shiver.
The tingles are down to a soft buzz but it envelopes her entire being like a blanket pretty much
the same way it did before. "Much better, thank you." she mumbles. Leaning against him she
nuzzles her head between his neck and shoulder. Breathes in his scent with eyes closed. "We
don't have a normal master-child bond, do we?"
"How did you know?" he asks holding her tighter.
"The tingling feeling. How I knew if you were close to me or not. The sense of tranquility I get
the moment you are within a certain proximity to me. The list goes on but those were the most
noticeable ones."
"How do you feel when I do this?" softly he strokes her cheek with the back of his hand gently
tracing her jaw line, down her throat, stopping at the collarbone.
"Happy, elated, loved, warm...." she sums up.
"And if I do this..." without asking he captures her lips in a searing hot kiss that quickly gets
heated but he regains control and withdraws shortly after. Tot without much effort though.
"Show me, show me." she eagerly demands and nearly jumps out of his lap but fortunately for
her Lydoran has a firm hold around her waist hindering her from barreling straight into a wall.
Remembering the part about increased strength and speed she makes an ‘oops’ expression and
laughs in a low-key embarrassed way. A stunt like that could have ended badly, for her.
"Seems like I don't have to remind you." Lydoran laughs softly. He stands up, still holding her in
his arms, and walks up to a full body mirror attached to a wall. Setting her down gently he steps
to the side.
"Oh my god!" Comes the first response. Lyra finds herself slightly chocked. Her hair has taken a
deeper shade of red making it look crimson instead of red-orangish. It also looks shinier.
Despite still having all her scars the skin is smoother and the smaller scars are almost
impossible to see. Unless knowing what to look for. Inspecting the largest ones on her back she
notices they are still there, all of them, yet more leveled with each other. She can live with
those. In fact, she is glad that they are still there because they work as a reminder what she has
lived through and how much she has gained. Something else she can live with is her body. All
the curves she has gained. Her eyes have a piercing green color and not the blue-grey she is
used to seeing. The woman staring back is her but at the same time an entirely different
person.
"Is this really me?" she asks stunned. Poking her own fangs, she shivers at the light touch but
keeps inspecting them anyway.
“I said you were beautiful, didn’t I?” Coming to stand behind her Lydoran snakes his arms
around him in a backwards hug. “You have always been beautiful.” He whispers lovingly
nuzzling her hair
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