Two strangers are forced together by circumstance. Slowly, they become friends, and then more. Their love burns away the darkness of their past and acts as a beacon of hope in a future that looms with a war they are trying to prevent. But, the price for peace is dear, and an impossible decision must be made. At the end of the impossible, what will remain? *** "I'm not concerned about making you feel less embarrassed. I'm trying to understand you, Ryn." He said curtly. "I want to know you." He added, holding my eyes with softness that I couldn't hear in his tone. "Well, I don't want to be known." I said in growing hostility. "You should have left me in my room." He pulled his hands from his pockets and grabbed fists full of fabric, forcing my body against his. Everything within me hummed, and I felt the shadows of his energy casting over mine. "Is that really what you want? To be strangers." He questioned lowly. His fists uncoiled from the fabric and trailed up, resting on my shoulders, thumbs pressed gently to the column of my neck. ***
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