Declan on noticing that the moment between Alvise and Madeline was somewhat…intimate, decided to simply walk away taking Grace with him.
Left alone again, Alvise and Madeline remained on the grassy grounds, and it was after a long moment of consolation that she finally begun to release her hold on him. She backed away from him ever so slightly, her red, moist and puffy eyes had never seemed more pitiful, it was clear to see that she had really been shaken by the occurrence.
She blinked and a stream of tears went trailing down her already wet cheek, and without thinking things through Alvise reached out and gently brushed the tears off with the pad of his thumb, his act caused a shuddering breath to leave her, and she lowered her gaze from his to conceal the conflicting emotions he was st
