-Rider-
The hours seemed to drag on endlessly. Maybe it was because I kept glancing at the clock on the wall opposite me, the one on Selene’s left side. Only three hours had passed. I was anxious, afraid that I would feel something, a pull or a need to provide for a female I had no real desire for. Stupid biology!
The only female I truly had eyes for lay right in front of me. The machines connected to her delicate, slightly too-thin body indicated that everything was stable for now. While this calmed me, the fear in my heart never left. Any day now, was all I could think as I glanced at the clock for what felt like the thousandth time. Why did time move so slowly when you wanted it to go fast? It was maddening.
“… Rider?”
“Huh?”
I hadn’t even realized Selene was speaking to me. I had
