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REXANNA
and yet i swear i love this earth,
that scars and scalds, that burns my feet. He was exhausted, and as she closed into him he managed to prop himself up on an elbow. A split second and she was ready to push him back down to conserve his strength, but he was grabbing for her, grappling for any kind of hold he could. And despite the Ascended’s weakened body, he was able to grab onto her waist and pull her close. There was a second of hesitation, unsure of what he would do until she realized what he was going for. In her panic, she was fine with it – to save him, make him better. Bastien would surely understand. She only hoped that it would be an easy bite, having only two Ascended’s of experience for her. So she leaned into him, tilting her head as his face rubbed against her neck and side of her face as he fumbled to find it, and when he did and held her closer, she pushed closer to him. But there was still a wariness within her despite the explosion of feeling. Part of her felt guilty for it, but another – the more reasonable part – assured her that it was what he needed to survive. And so she caved. She caved until the edges of her vision began to shift, to warble in an unsteady sort of blackness and when she moved her arms, she noticed they grew sluggish. And yet Lucas kept drinking. And Rexanna wasn’t sure if he would stop. With the last bit of her strength that she had, as the blackening vision continued to creep closer, she pushed herself up from him the best she could – a small shove at first, not nearly enough. “Lucas!” She whined, gathering up everything she could to shove her farther up and away, away from her neck before she blacked out. (It wouldn’t be the first time she’d blacked out from an Ascended’s bite, yet she hoped it would be the last). But she couldn’t sit up from him, sitting on top of him and free now, the darkness in her vision continuing to grow closer. One hand sluggishly pressed to her neck, but she needed two to hold herself up from him – and in her weakness it felt like slow motion as she slipped from her vantage point back down toward him and to his side – eyes closing as she passed out with Lucas in the barren earth of the Spire. and even hell is holy. |
