Leilani.
We all watched Jarek sleep like hawks protecting their offsprings, and whenever he would move or stir in his sleep, we would all jerk around to watch him closely until he returned back to his peaceful or not so peaceful slumber.
This practice continued until sometime after midnight when we all began to doze off one after the other as well.
Oh, and… just so you know, all my injuries from earlier had surprisingly healed up. Even the cracked knuckle that I had gotten from punching Jarek squarely in the face was also gone…
Now, back to what I was talking about. I was on the verge of dozing off when I heard a soft sound not so far off. It sounded like someone getting off one of the couches where we were all perked on and when I slowly peeled my eyes open, my breath caught in my throat when I realized that it was Jarek, and I could only watch him as he stumbled to his feet, picked up a bottle of wine and began to tiptoe back to where we all were.
