She had been clinging to thoughts of home to get her through the last of these wretched part And as he sat aghast at the knowledge, he saw the silhouette climbing up towards him; a headless hulking shape that dipped from side to side as it came. For the space of a few heartbeats, he paused. More and more he was aware of her as a mortal; the blood running like quicksilver just beneath the delicate skin, the enticing warmth of her.
arl explained, while she leaned against him, listening in numb disbelief as his words streamed away softly into the rain. A thin, hard trickle of coldness went through her. She froze, caught between the urge to run out of the room, and the requirements of good manners. The intrusion both wearied and alarmed him, but he didn't reveal his feelings.
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