i could be the reason you can't sleep at night
Flora's fingers suddenly still from where they'd been absently running up and down his arm, her breath halting at the back of her throat. The whisper of his voice sent a shiver down her spine and had his mouth not been coated with blood still, the softness might have had her thoughts growing scarlet. Instead, the shiver had goosebumps trickling down her arms and upper back; no one wanted to die.
Had he asked Safrin for a feather? Something to keep handy in case anything happened?
I...yours
I love you.
Those were the things she'd made Ronin say, the things she'd made Sunjata say. The things she'd warned Koa against saying. The things that led to immortality and more often than not, to damnation. "You didn't." Flora whispers, her fingertips trembling against his arm. "Tell me you didn't do it." The roar of the stillness has her ears ringing, because while she certainly didn't think Jack was stupid enough to become a demigod, she did think he was selfish enough, and—
"—please tell me you didn't."
Had he asked Safrin for a feather? Something to keep handy in case anything happened?
I...yours
I love you.
Those were the things she'd made Ronin say, the things she'd made Sunjata say. The things she'd warned Koa against saying. The things that led to immortality and more often than not, to damnation. "You didn't." Flora whispers, her fingertips trembling against his arm. "Tell me you didn't do it." The roar of the stillness has her ears ringing, because while she certainly didn't think Jack was stupid enough to become a demigod, she did think he was selfish enough, and—
"—please tell me you didn't."
