ALLISTER
I had awoken with a woman I loved before. With Bella wrapped in my arms, and no fear of being 'caught' with her. I thought that was the best thing I'd ever felt.
Except, it wasn't.
Because when I opened my eyes and heard the steady beating of heart, her rhythmic breaths tracing against my neck, and her small hands clasping the fabric of my shirt, what I felt was incomparable to anything I'd felt before. Maybe, it was the satisfaction of seeing a girl who wound tremble at the sight of me, trust me so deeply and completely, that she slept so soundly in my arms. Maybe, it was the relief of knowing that I'd somehow helped her, that the girl who would wake up every night from terrible dreams, was completely at peace when she slept beside me.
Or maybe, I loved her with all my he
