"I hope so," Eztli said as she rested her head on his shoulder in the crook of her neck. She hated the thought of leaving him, whether or not he died when she did. But she preferred that thought to the one of her killing him first. "I love you so much, Alek," she said as she snuggled into him.<br/><br/>Æsc chuckled softly as he scratched the cat's head then said in a playfully, serious tone, "Cat, if you kill my wife I will kill you."