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She did not belong in Auryna any longer.
“Thank you.” A tear escaped the corner of her eye, and I wiped it away with my thumb. Always.
She didn’t see him. She saw me.
“You can be angry. Hell, you should be, but you’ll be angry here. With me. Take it out on me. Take out every ugly, suffocating emotion on me, because I am not letting you go out there to shoulder this alone.” He brought his hands to my cheeks. “You are not alone, Ara.”
“It’s beautiful,” she whispered, her eyes following their movement. “Yes, quite beautiful,” I whispered back, my eyes never leaving her.
It seems I’ve underestimated you, little storm. That will not happen again.
“This”—his thumb slid down across the mark—“is a symbol of… surrender. I know you believe that it was my claim upon you, but it wasn’t. It never was. I bound my body and soul to you, little storm.”
