[ Is it the first time that someone has told her they loved her?
She knows it is not.
Lauralae thinks of it; she can recall the moment she had bared her heart, the sweetness of a mouth on her cheek, fingers against her arms. A girl, a scrap of a child, falling into adoration, childish wonder overcoming her and betraying her true preservation instincts. The touch of a soft hand on her skin, the brush of a mouth against her jaw, her neck, a smile against her skin, an I love you, and then...
And then a dagger in her stomach, blood on her hands, cracked and damaged from her curse, a bitterness on the tongue of someone who claimed to have her heart, who claimed to wish for nothing but her joy and safety.
Armand's kiss against her mouth is a real anchor, drawn to him as if he has his own gravitational pull, and Lauralae sinks into him. There is no hesitation, no pause, her own adoration, her own need for his embrace, her own desire to fight loneliness fuelling her want.
She will love him, for as long as she is able, as long as she can, and she will prove it with her touch and her thoughts. ]
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She knows it is not.
Lauralae thinks of it; she can recall the moment she had bared her heart, the sweetness of a mouth on her cheek, fingers against her arms. A girl, a scrap of a child, falling into adoration, childish wonder overcoming her and betraying her true preservation instincts. The touch of a soft hand on her skin, the brush of a mouth against her jaw, her neck, a smile against her skin, an I love you, and then...
And then a dagger in her stomach, blood on her hands, cracked and damaged from her curse, a bitterness on the tongue of someone who claimed to have her heart, who claimed to wish for nothing but her joy and safety.
Armand's kiss against her mouth is a real anchor, drawn to him as if he has his own gravitational pull, and Lauralae sinks into him. There is no hesitation, no pause, her own adoration, her own need for his embrace, her own desire to fight loneliness fuelling her want.
She will love him, for as long as she is able, as long as she can, and she will prove it with her touch and her thoughts. ]