“In lieu of a suitor, I shall love you instead,” she said, and I heard amusement on her tongue. She kissed me at the side of my lips; oh, how the gesture confused me. “How can you say you love me? We are of no relation, sweet Carmilla, and we have only met a day ago.” “My darling, you speak such silly things—we met thirteen years ago, and my affection for you has only grown.”
