Hauntingly Beautiful Girls

"Tender Care"

The paths down from 'Civilization's Edge' to the noble land were well walked. The path Lauren Cooper followed to the hills also had a well-walked trail.

In fleeing in the dark, Lauren found every way to abuse her feet. Stubbing toes, steeping on the sharp edge of pebble, she arrived back with sore and bleeding soles.

Her husband immediately used the projection powers to tend the feet and remove dirt and sand. He made footies from rags and slid Lauren into the middle of the smooth portico floor.

He was happier to see her than he imagined. Earlier in the day, he slipped behind a well-hidden pillar to cry. The sisters of the hills would certainly keep her. Deities want her. The sisters (who somehow exchange bodies) were positively going to want her.

He had resolved it. It was a good thing for Lauren to be somewhere else.

Lauren was happy the trials of the day were done.

That night she made the marriage, 'official'. A tender and brief moment suitable for a tired and stressed couple (where one of them was still inexperienced).

That night they fell asleep together, which was the first time her husband had really slept in days.