THANK YOU APHRODITE A XENA AND GABRIELLE TALE
Xena awoke abruptly from a deep slumber, momentarily disoriented, but felt a sweet calm settle over her once she saw Gabrielle curled up on the opposite side of smoldering camp fire, stirring slightly but not awakening. It was the blush of a new day and a pale, fragile light just barely illuminated the sky above. Xena stretched her long limbs and rose. She was not wholly comfortable sleeping in the nude but her wardrobe was washed the previous afternoon and hung from the lower branches of a...