Bab 157: 3.35

I woke to arms around me, slender arms. Still groggy from sleep, I tried to force my eyes to blink open as my heart rate sped up. I had forgotten how much hard work, growing a miniature human being, was. So exhausting, I slept like the dead.

"Luna, shh... lie still, you're safe," Ren murmured, pulling my head to her more than ample bosom as she reassuringly stroked my body with her hands. 

"Ren," I smiled and wrapped my arms around her neck, inhaling her faint minty scent.

"I hope you don't mind, but since you left the palace, I had one of my guards follow and protect you. He returned and told me you were back. I just couldn't stop myself from visiting. They've told me everything they saw..."