( Lucidity returns to her in full by the time he's moved them below deck.
The brushing of his fingers along her face turns her toward him in quiet wonder, skim thrumming at this lightest contact. She'd wanted him so much upon leaving Taravast. Had been ready to give herself body and soul, and to receive his in turn. Then the village of Ke-Waihu stole more of her still.
Even at the height of their animosity, her attraction to him always burned bright. And it felt wrong, alien, to be so repulsed by his presence. By his touch. To carry new wounds for it, and find no grace in the absence. Now — now she is uncertain where they stand, after this village and after her betrayal.
She only knows she feels like herself again, like this fire is hers again. )
What, no lecture for allowing my emotions to rule me once more?
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The brushing of his fingers along her face turns her toward him in quiet wonder, skim thrumming at this lightest contact. She'd wanted him so much upon leaving Taravast. Had been ready to give herself body and soul, and to receive his in turn. Then the village of Ke-Waihu stole more of her still.
Even at the height of their animosity, her attraction to him always burned bright. And it felt wrong, alien, to be so repulsed by his presence. By his touch. To carry new wounds for it, and find no grace in the absence. Now — now she is uncertain where they stand, after this village and after her betrayal.
She only knows she feels like herself again, like this fire is hers again. )
What, no lecture for allowing my emotions to rule me once more?