Chapter 177

ETHAN POV

I kissed the top of Izzy’s head and she groaned, pulling the blanket over her.  I smiled, patting the bump that was her butt through the blanket.  “I’ll see you down in the dining room for breakfast,” I whispered.  My brothers had already gone downstairs and it was just her and me.

“Not this morning,” she begged.  “I’m too tired.”

I frowned.  This was unlike Izzy.  When we returned from the north, she had listened to our report and then promptly went to bed.  We were all tired, emotionally and physically, and we had all thought she was just recovering slower than she usually did.   It had been over a week, and she was still really tired and I was starting to worry.

“I’ll have something sent up,” was all I said.  I didn’t want to worry her.  I walked out into our sitting room and Troi came with me, twining around my