[ his fire was forged in frailty, as so many fires are. this kindled pyre is no different. he has lost her not once but twice and that agony will be his strength. for her, he would make it anything it need be.
what he needs to be now is decided. what she needs is someone to protect her at any cost, and to help her protect herself. he is no stranger nor coward to those worser truths, and the words she speaks aloud he knows bone-deep.
everyone he loves is a target. it is not he who will suffer his mirror's wrath past anxiety and grief. it's his sisters. those he loves. it's camille. the tips of his fingers weave into the hair cascading over the nape of her neck. there is fear in his eyes as she vocalizes what they both know, a hard rock of horror in his throat, but it blends and dissolves into the resolve they both need.
the resolve he has in spades and in centuries, for her. ] So we will build an army around you, and we will figure out a way.
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what he needs to be now is decided. what she needs is someone to protect her at any cost, and to help her protect herself. he is no stranger nor coward to those worser truths, and the words she speaks aloud he knows bone-deep.
everyone he loves is a target. it is not he who will suffer his mirror's wrath past anxiety and grief. it's his sisters. those he loves. it's camille. the tips of his fingers weave into the hair cascading over the nape of her neck. there is fear in his eyes as she vocalizes what they both know, a hard rock of horror in his throat, but it blends and dissolves into the resolve they both need.
the resolve he has in spades and in centuries, for her. ] So we will build an army around you, and we will figure out a way.