"Yes!" She was a bit more enthusiastic than she intended to be, but those were the precise words she had been looking for. Tender. Affectionate. Words, honestly, that she never would have thought to attach to Apollo. "Both of those would suffice..."

She cleared her throat, shutting her mouth. It seemed to be a little out of control at the moment. Could she blame that on...recent events? Maybe. After all, she didn't know all of the side effects. Aside from pregnancy, of course.

And that reminded her of the tea shop she had visited in town.

Sitting up on her elbow, she reached over to the drawer of her nightstand, pulling it open and taking out a small packet of tea leaves. For the life of her, she could not explain why she had purchased it. She may have been a prophet, but even she couldn't have foreseen tonight.

Well, not for certain, anyway.