[ Any other time she would likely spring away, hissing venom at him, but in this moment she doesn't. She keeps still, perhaps even leaning a little towards him.
It is sad, she thinks, how far their relationship has fallen, to the point that neither can bring it back again. If it weren't like this she would accept any comfort he was willing to give, she would have thrown propriety out the window for it.
It is truly sad this is what they've been brought to, a tense closeness that is not quite the same. ]
Oh, you lucky fool. [ She laughs this time, half tempted to reach out and cup his cheek, but her hand never leaves her knees. ] You have yet to experience how cruel it can be, it was cruel enough to take him from me to begin with.
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It is sad, she thinks, how far their relationship has fallen, to the point that neither can bring it back again. If it weren't like this she would accept any comfort he was willing to give, she would have thrown propriety out the window for it.
It is truly sad this is what they've been brought to, a tense closeness that is not quite the same. ]
Oh, you lucky fool. [ She laughs this time, half tempted to reach out and cup his cheek, but her hand never leaves her knees. ] You have yet to experience how cruel it can be, it was cruel enough to take him from me to begin with.