<div align="center"><strong>The Illusion</strong></div><br/>The morning sun peeked through the window giving Terra’s body a soft glow as she slept.  She curled closer to the body next to her, as naturally as she breathed, trying to reclaim sleep but as it slipped through her hands she gave a little sigh of discontent.  When her indigo eyes fluttered open to rest upon the naked man’s face beside her, another sigh escaped though this one was of udder happiness.  The small smile reserved specifically for him crested her face before she leaned up slowly to give him a feather light kiss that was exactly as their first kiss had been.  “Good morning, my heart.”  She whispered the words against his lips before giving him a longer kiss, pouring her emotions into him, letting him feel how content and satisfied he made her feel.   “My Jungle-Cat.”  The pet name hinted at possession but was full of love and promised a caress that she happily gave by slowly reaching a hand up to run her fingers across his cheek.  She smiled at the ritual that had occurred every morning since they had been married before settling her head back down upon his chest listening intently at his calming heart beat.<br/><br/>“Thanks for not getting out of bed earlier this morning as you normally do.  Those nifty ninja skill don’t keep you from waking me when you try like yesterday.”  She kissed his chest just above his heart beat.  “Though sometimes, it is hard to be grumpy with you when you choose to make it up to me in such delightful ways.”  She smiled suggestively knowing the passionate memories that would be flooding his mind in waves.  “Especially like yesterday.  You would think making it hard for my muscles to work well enough for me to walk would have the opposite affect you were aiming for.”  She kissed his chest again before sitting up and stretching in a very cat-like manner having picked up some of Tyger’s small habits over the years.<br/><br/>Terra pulled a sheet up to Tyger’s waist before crawling to the edge of the bed slowly as if she did not truly want to get out of bed but stood to walk over to the large wardrobe they shared.  She reached in and pulled out his favorite shirt and slipped it over her head easily to cover her own nudity.  The shirt barely reached her thighs and she pulled her hair up and out of the collar to hang across her right shoulder before lifting the front of the shirt to take a deep breath smelling it while keeping her eyes on Tyger.  “Smells like you, Jungle-Cat.  You and home.”  She gave him her small smile before turning to the door and opening it to leave.  “I’ll be back with breakfast, wait here for me?”  There was a small plead in her voice begging him to stay that let him know how sad she would be if he left before she returned.  Without really waiting for an answer she turned and walked down the hall to the kitchen.<br/><br/>A small whirlwind ran past Terra squealing in pleasure as it jumped up into the bed.  “Daddy look at what mother taught me!  I practiced all night!”  The little blonde girl that sat on the edge of the bed moved up to sit in Tyger’s lap holding a delicate yellow flower.  “I know, I know, I should have been sleeping but watch.”  The little girl concentrated on the flower scrunching up her face until it started to pink lightly.  From her fingertips a small frost spread up the stem until it covered the petals of the flower and the little girl looked brightly up at her father to see his reaction.  The young four-year olds eyes were a perfect mixture of her parents consistently shifting in color slowly between indigo and violet and back again, so slow it was almost unnoticeable, and right now they were full of hope for her father’s approval.  The little girl gave a surprise start before concentrating quickly on the flower and the frost slowly dissipated until it was gone.  She looked back at her father with a small smile not far from her mothers.  “Mother says I’m not supposed to let this flower die…”  The little girl looks down at her toes in a moment of shame.  “She says I destroyed too many of her favorites when practicing with fire.”  Looking back up at her father with the joy she had when entering the room she started again.  “Don’t worry though Daddy, I’ve been practicing with my shadows as well.  Though mom doesn’t like it when I shadow jump without you… she is always afraid I’ll get lost between them.  Oh!  Can you help me practice with them today?  She won’t worry if your there!”<br/><br/>“Of course I’ll worry, Tyssa, kitten.”  Terra stood in the doorway with a plate of fruit looking at the two on the bed with her face full of love.  “Just not as much, because your father would never let anything happen to you.”  She walked over and set the plate near the end of the bed and crawled back into bed pulling her daughter from Tyger’s lap tickling her relentlessly smiling at the giggles that issued from her.  She sandwiched the girl carefully between her and Tyger and reached over to get the plate of food sliding it across the sheets so they could all share.   “Couldn’t you just stay in this moment forever, Jungle-Cat?”