It made her smile a little as Noah recoiled. It filled her with curiosity, but now wasn't the time to be curious. She pushed the feeling away and watched as her husband's arm snaked through the pillows to grasp hers. She kept it there propped up as he said he loved her. Dancing her fingers down his arm, she returned the sentiment as through their bond, she flooded with love for him.

"I love you too."

The words were soft spoken and sincere. She had his actions and emotions close to her heart, and especially when he seemed to physically show her affection as he did now, she flared in that love for him.

"I miss feeling your love through our bond. I don't care if you hurt, I am longing for it..."

She lowered her head to nuzzle into his arm that had reached out for her and she gently kissed it. He had kept her from feeling the pain in him but she didn't care. Perhaps it was that she had become like him, close in the bond, and really she began to understand how he had felt blind when she closed off the bond to him.

"Please don't hold it from me. I've been through far worse pain before. I miss that part of you."

He had already endured with her when she had her monthly pains, which at this point were near on par with what he was going through, at least in how much she felt on her end of the bond.