Luther
As embers died to smouldering ash in the hearth, I surveyed the ruins wrought this night, fortunes forever altered.
My once-empty existence had been upended by the slip of a fiery human soul daring to brazenly defy our bitterest foe and stir emotions long thought dead within my breast. Now, her rapid breath and mottled skin spoke of turmoil roiling beneath the porcelain visage, threatening to shatter all we had begun to forge between us.
Stepping near, I clasped slender shoulders gently. "You have endured torments beyond mortal strength and emerged victorious. Yet, more trials may come before this war fully passes. What does your heart tell you - to run from this place of suffering, or stand with me against whatever threats remain?"
Her wild eyes bored into mine, unleashing ti
