She asked impossible choices of him, and the emotional toll of them combined with the glittering, dizzying cosmos around them gave him no chance to second-guess her reasons or her goals. He could only stare into eyes comprised of distant galaxies in mute despair before he finally hung his head, knowing that the choice alone would cost him everything.
Choose one, and should harm come to the other he would never be forgiven. The goddess had caught him truly, and he shuddered in the magical shackles that held him bound in place as he closed his eyes, seeking the truth in his heart. He loved them all, knew they all cared for him. But as much as Kiada meant to him... as much as Amalia meant to him, the young woman growing into her confidence and strength, blossoming beneath the skies of Caido until he couldn't be prouder of her...
His voice was not even a whisper, the name barely a breath as he exhaled it through the tightness in his chest, his body otherwise limp and defeated in his bonds as Safrin stripped all the pretty lies away and laid bare the truth he had been trying to hide from and overcome for so long.
"Rory."
Choose one, and should harm come to the other he would never be forgiven. The goddess had caught him truly, and he shuddered in the magical shackles that held him bound in place as he closed his eyes, seeking the truth in his heart. He loved them all, knew they all cared for him. But as much as Kiada meant to him... as much as Amalia meant to him, the young woman growing into her confidence and strength, blossoming beneath the skies of Caido until he couldn't be prouder of her...
His voice was not even a whisper, the name barely a breath as he exhaled it through the tightness in his chest, his body otherwise limp and defeated in his bonds as Safrin stripped all the pretty lies away and laid bare the truth he had been trying to hide from and overcome for so long.
"Rory."
