How many turns had I lived fearing this? Someone who cared, and loved, and wanted me. To imagine missing this bond with Skadi because I feared losing it was nauseating to imagine. I held her gaze for a long moment, ignoring the taunts from my friends that I was a lovesick sod. I was. Skadi promised to watch me burn if I tried to ignite the blaze in her soul, and she kept her word. From those first moments, she swallowed me whole, and I never wanted to be set free.
