He didn't return home until early hours of dawn. Light spilled over the threshold, stretching out a shadow in the bedroom like a demon rising from a deep sleep.
Alyna rolled on the bed to avoid the sunlight. Suddenly, a shadow covered her face, saving her from the onslaught of the heat. Her frown melted.
Eiran adjusted his hand to block the light. In doing so, he sat on the bed and got a bit too close, catching a glimpse of faint shadows under her fluttering lashes.
Some days Eiran enjoyed the misconception that Alyna was easy to read. Her pretentious mask was poorly done for it to go unnoticed by a sniffer like him.
At times like these he was forced to wonder where he missed the mark. Where he failed to see the fraginh edges of the mask she wore under the mask.
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