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A Stressful Morning.
I awoke the next morning from the rising suns light shining through one of the windows onto my face. I had fallen asleep sitting in the armchair nearest to the fireplace. Looking down, I became aware of Lera still asleep curled up in my lap. Her head resting on my chest, my wings still wrapped around her body. A few loose strands of silver hair draped down partially concealing her face from my view. I closed my eyes momentarily; the feeling of Lera's body on my own brought back another memory fragment of the red-headed woman. I saw her asleep on my chest laying the same way as Lera was now.