“I do not know if what I am feeling is real,” said Eldric. “but it is clear that I want you to be mine.”
“Really?” she asked.
“Yes, and do you?”
She thought for a while looking around and biting her lip. Over his shoulder, Peter is in the far halls inside the palace, watching both of them. He did not do anything and just watched.
“Forgive me, Peter,” she thought as she feels her heart is being squeezed and it hurts. She learned a trick from him, and that is to not let the face show what the heart feels.
Then she looked at Eldric with her eyes and says, “Find out for yourself.”
Gradually, they neared their faces and closed their eyes. Lips against lips, they tasted each other. She can taste blood from his mouth and he is surprised when he did not expect that her kiss is unlike any oth
