Midnight Solace

Marcella

I sat with baby Blaise in my arms, crooning to him as he stirred restlessly. He was burning up with a fever and I had been holding him and carrying him around for an hour now. My back ached as I slowly rocked the antique rocking chair Cassian had got me as a gift.

It was midnight and I knew Cassian would be flying back in a few hours' time. He had called me a while ago, assuming that the