She knew he was watching. He had always been watching her, at least it felt like it. Before, when life had been calmer, less time spent trembling and anxiously waiting for the next hammerfall, it had felt nothing but a passing shadow, a cold lingering chill. Everyday she felt herself becoming numbed, her laugh faked more often than genuinely singing free. He sought to change her, admitting it openly with each new lesson.
She could only offer him a nod. Drowning was a terrible way to go, but she had only heard what went on in the deepest parts of the estates dungeons. If she believed any word of the man across from her, those were the most honest to cross his lips.
[color=#c19e00]“I understand, my Lord,” [/color]her voice finally grew even as she warmed by the fire. [color=#c19e00]“I will do my best to meet your high expectations. Is there any way I can repay the luxury already bestowed?”[/color] The disgust in herself was kept off her face, masked by the one of open neutrality, but living another day meant nothing was off the table.
She could only offer him a nod. Drowning was a terrible way to go, but she had only heard what went on in the deepest parts of the estates dungeons. If she believed any word of the man across from her, those were the most honest to cross his lips.
[color=#c19e00]“I understand, my Lord,” [/color]her voice finally grew even as she warmed by the fire. [color=#c19e00]“I will do my best to meet your high expectations. Is there any way I can repay the luxury already bestowed?”[/color] The disgust in herself was kept off her face, masked by the one of open neutrality, but living another day meant nothing was off the table.
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