The morning light poured in through the open curtains, casting rays of blue across his heavy limbs. Wet clothing was strewn across the floor, haphazardly stripped the evening prior in lustful fervor. It was the sick feeling in the pit of his stomach that pulled him from beside her, under the plush, cozy coverlet and out to the grounds to be alone. Every bone in his body ached for her. Her intelligence, the empathy and compassion that countered her razor-sharp wit. 