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But I’d felt it tonight. I’d felt Zaridan’s restlessness, and it had driven me immediately from bed, sensing that something was wrong.
Zaridan had saved Klara’s life, not me.
Klara had been on Karak soil for no time at all, and already I felt a blooming co
Zaridan knew that. Now I did too.
But it was my own oversight that had nearly cost Klara her life. What would we have lost if she’d fallen tonight?
“Do you often wander in your sleep?” I asked, my tone harsher than I expected. “Sarroth is an elevated city, especially the citadel.”
“Tonight was the first time,” she said, watching me wind a bandage around her palm. “Another reason to fear sleep, I suppose.”
The words were quiet. They made discomfort wiggle in my chest.
“No need to fear it anymore,” I said, blowing out a sharp breath.
“Why?”
I met her eyes before packing up the healing kit, pleased that her wounds were cleaned and tended to.
“From now on, you’ll sleep with me. I’ll tie you to me at night if I must,” I informed her. Her lips parted, a red, enticing flush coloring her cheeks. “Let’s rest now. Even after the events of tonight, we still leave for the Arsadia at dawn.”