the wounds are open and bleeding out
"Of that I have no doubt. Or I'd find my attempt unsuccessful and then I'd be left to suffer whatever punishment she decided to subject me to in life." Not that Ronin didn't think that was already happening, but still. Much as she had been an exquisitely agonising addition to his life, Ronin could not and would not blame Seren for it. Rubbing at his eyes with his free hand, he surrendered the other to Remi; talking about it had never been his plan or his intention, but as with so many things lately, he just couldn't keep his heart off his sleeve any more.
Remi's truth resonated deeply within the attuned bond, and Ronin near drowned in it. How had he gone so long being so blind to this? Relaxing his hand, he slipped his fingers between Remi's and glanced across at him. "And I love you," he said quietly, the words a frail thing compared to the roar of emotion behind them. "But that doesn't change that something I did has caused us a lot of pain and a lot of trouble. I'm struggling to live with that."
Remi's truth resonated deeply within the attuned bond, and Ronin near drowned in it. How had he gone so long being so blind to this? Relaxing his hand, he slipped his fingers between Remi's and glanced across at him. "And I love you," he said quietly, the words a frail thing compared to the roar of emotion behind them. "But that doesn't change that something I did has caused us a lot of pain and a lot of trouble. I'm struggling to live with that."
THE
DARK STAR
