pain from her aching bones. “I have only
destroyed them.” His eyes lifted to hers,
searching and open. “But I should like to try.
With you.”
She saw the other offer there—to not only
build a city, but a life. Together.
Heat rose to her cheeks as she nodded.
“Yes,” she whispered. “For however long we
have.”
For if they survived this war, there was still
that between them: his immortality.
Something shuttered in Lorcan’s eyes at
that, and she thought he’d say more, but his
head dipped. Then he began to unlace her
other boot.
“What are you doing?” Her words were a
breathless rush.
His deft fingers—gods above, those
fingers—made quick work of her laces. “You
should soak that foot. And soak in general. As
lily
(lily)
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