Don't paint wonderful lies on me that wash away
A breeze set the mist to coiling. Somewhere far out in the swamp, a bird gave off a hoarse cry. Another gore crow, perhaps, or something far more terrible. With eyes like fog, the pale woman regarded this young man who claimed to be her friend. He had a way with words she had not expected. But by now, Maea was beginning to understand that she really didn't know anything about Harper. Just that the darkness in his eyes appealed to her, and that the cold words made her want to dance and laugh with some mad relief - given permission, finally, to move on from the travesty of a picture she had painted herself into.
Slowly, she moved. Pushed away from the trunk against which she had been leaning, and eased closer. It was her turn to invade spaces now, to push boundaries and see if he would flinch or falter. Pale fingers like deadly klaws came up to rest lightly against his chest - she could feel the beating pulse, steady as a drum.
"You, Harper, are a very dangerous man," Maea told him softly, as a small smile curled her lips. "One day you are going to hurt someone terribly, by pretending to be only nice and sweet. Let me give you some unsolicited advice..." She looked up at him, craning a slender neck backwards until she could catch his gaze.
"If you find someone you truly care to keep in your life... show them this." Her index finger tapped lightly over the space of his heart.
Slowly, she moved. Pushed away from the trunk against which she had been leaning, and eased closer. It was her turn to invade spaces now, to push boundaries and see if he would flinch or falter. Pale fingers like deadly klaws came up to rest lightly against his chest - she could feel the beating pulse, steady as a drum.
"You, Harper, are a very dangerous man," Maea told him softly, as a small smile curled her lips. "One day you are going to hurt someone terribly, by pretending to be only nice and sweet. Let me give you some unsolicited advice..." She looked up at him, craning a slender neck backwards until she could catch his gaze.
"If you find someone you truly care to keep in your life... show them this." Her index finger tapped lightly over the space of his heart.
