If there's any doubt in her actions, it isn't evident. She reaches into her pocket and pulls out a beautifully woven necklace. She clenches her eyes shut and whispers to the necklace, finally pulling back as the necklace begins to glow brightly, then slowly dims. She sighs, placing it on the sleeping baby's chest. She then stands up and removes another figure from her back, softly unwrapping the many layers from it as well. She trembles as she takes off the last layer and eyes the small dragonling, it too snoring softly.
She holds back another sob, this one threatening to tear her apart. She lays the dragonling next to the baby. She holds herself with a loving smile as the small child naturally crawls closer to its companion. The two wrap themselves in each other's warmth. She's tempted to stay, but she knows what rests on the other side of the door. What crept in the shadows in the nearby depressed forest. Leah had allowed herself to leave that unforgiving world, but she can no longer stay. That world was hers, and not facing it would be even more dangerous than doing so.
"May you forever be safe, my love." She gives one last kiss before wrapping herself up and heading towards the door. She opens it and immediately hears the shrieks of reality, daring her to come and join them. She turns to look at the small child and dragonling one last time; this was for them. She steps back into the world of snow, running fast, with a newfound purpose as a series of shrieks rings out.
She thinks about her child.
She thinks about her husband.
She thinks about her dragon.
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