"your hands are cold as ice, but they ignite a flame i cannot simply ignore." the tiny lamb murmured, her own woolen hooves brushing against clawed paws, "and your talons breathe something to stay away from, yet i only feel drawn closer. why is that?" the tantalizing innocence scratched at the kinthenos' chest, breeding a dangerous instinct to take and destroy, leaving nothing but white fur in its wake.
she refuses the urge, choosing to dwarf a small hand beneath her own. growling echoes in her mind, insistent on reminding her of her greater strength, "if your fight or flight response is screaming, why do you stay? is it naive curiosity, or something darker, greater than yourself?"
"i stay for you."
the kinthenos winced, reminding herself that peace of mind makes one blunt. oh, how tragic, she lamented, she truly does not understand the danger she has placed herself in.
"my life, though fragile, has never been safer than in your hands. you are brazen, a force to be reckoned with, and yet you remain gentle. in the face of danger, when you are terribly afraid, why should you protect me and not yourself? is that not reason enough to trust you?"
ESTÁS LEYENDO
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Romanceresting my head on her chest, my life has never been in more danger. yet, i have never felt safer.
