Excerpt from "The Dove and the Hawk":
He nodded and entered, finding the room spacious and warm. The furniture was heavier and darker than he was used to, the rugs and tapestries richer, the heavy curtains thick to keep out the cold. He glanced over at the great bed, which was low to the ground and heaped with furs.
“I grow cold more easily,” she said, seeing where he was looking. “But now that you’re here, you can keep me warm.”
He flushed, though he knew her words were innocent. “Who has been staying with you?” he asked.
“Lisse watches me at night and helps me when I walk,” she answered, sitting on a bench covered in pillows.
He went to join her. “And how often is that?” he asked, taking her hand.
“Not as often,” she said quietly. “But I… I’ve started to remember my dreams.”
He held her hand more tightly, not knowing what to say.
“I always realize I’m dreaming,” she continued, “but I can’t change anything. I just have to watch it happen all over again.” Her voice tightened, and he put his arm around her. She leaned into him, and they sat like that for a while.
“You must stay here with me, im-uvnyan,” she told him, and he nodded.
“As you wish, im-uvnya.”
Here's an excerpt of the scene being depicted above, when they reunite at the royal palace where she grew up and has returned to have her first child
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