She freezes, her back turned to Gale and then whipping around, eyes wide with shock, and her voice nearly subdued from any kind of reply. All she can ask herself is "Why is he doing this to me now of all times?"
When Briar left the world, a significant part of her heart went with him, leaving it a shell. Attempts were made to fill in the gaps by being with other people and seeing if they could inspire some deeper level of passion.
But no one could be Briar.
Gale is not Briar.
But he's done the one thing that has her frightened beyond reasonable comprehension and that was making her realize how much space he's taken up in her mind and heart and making it feel full like it was in her early youth. Only Gale Dekarios, after all these years, would dare. Thorns, thorns, it's like thorns and it's making her heart bleed, and when it bleeds, it hurts, and when it hurts, she's useless—]
...
[Her fingers grip the sides of her arms and she bites her lower lip.]
Then maybe you should have pretended a little longer—
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She freezes, her back turned to Gale and then whipping around, eyes wide with shock, and her voice nearly subdued from any kind of reply. All she can ask herself is "Why is he doing this to me now of all times?"
When Briar left the world, a significant part of her heart went with him, leaving it a shell. Attempts were made to fill in the gaps by being with other people and seeing if they could inspire some deeper level of passion.
But no one could be Briar.
Gale is not Briar.
But he's done the one thing that has her frightened beyond reasonable comprehension and that was making her realize how much space he's taken up in her mind and heart and making it feel full like it was in her early youth. Only Gale Dekarios, after all these years, would dare. Thorns, thorns, it's like thorns and it's making her heart bleed, and when it bleeds, it hurts, and when it hurts, she's useless—]
...
[Her fingers grip the sides of her arms and she bites her lower lip.]
Then maybe you should have pretended a little longer—