When Ashlynn stepped out of the small room that Rosie shared with Tonnis, she found Lennart waiting for her with a concerned expression on his bearish face.
"Lady Nyrielle is waiting for you," the former captain of Nyrielle's personal guard said as he knelt before Ashlynn and stretched out his muscular, furry arms. Since becoming a vampire, his hearing had grown sharper each day, and he'd heard everything that took place while Ashlynn tended to her patients, including the way she turned to Zedya for support when standing and walking.
"Let me take you to her," Lennart offered in a voice that rumbled with genuine concern at seeing Ashlynn looking so tired.
"Thank you, Lennart," Ashlynn said as she took his hand, relaxing into his gentle, furry embrace as he scooped her up off the ground. "I'm going to close my eyes, just for a minute or two," she murmured as she buried her head in the hollow of his shoulder, almost instantly falling asleep while he carried her away.
