Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty Three

Lilith's POV

My nap on the sofa lasted the whole film and I only woke because Lora started to fuss for her next feed.

Khai, too, had fallen asleep, not that I could blame him for being tired.

After all, he was awake all night.

I inch myself from the laying position I had found myself in, trying not to wake Khai as I move to console Lora.

I think I'm successful, plucking Lora from her bouncer only to sit back on the sofa to feed her.

But as I sit back, I notice him watching me with slitted eyes.

"I'm sorry I woke you," I tell him softly.

"You didn't, I wasn't particularly asleep. Just laying with you," he tells me.

I nod, going silent to allow him to rest his eyes as he were before whilst I wait for Lora to feed.

She's pretty quick, her suckle efficiency now compared to a few weeks ago.

And I find that I play with her hair.

It's falling out, thinning as it does.

I had hoped she'd keep her fathers hair but it seems to be growing through blonder at the roots much like mine.

It's strange