For one blinding moment, Cressida longed to rush forward and crush the life from him with her own hands.
But reason returned swiftly. She understood then that if he could use her as a tool to achieve his ends, then she could do the very same to him.
She would turn his own methods against him, and drag him down into the abyss beside her.
With Draven, one could not simply yield, nor could one remain forever cold.
Hold the reins just tightly enough, loosen them just when he begins to despair, and he will surrender, step by step, until he bows and begs for a crumb of affection.
And so, whenever he was on the verge of giving up, she offered just enough warmth to keep hope alive.
When he returned home wounded and heartsick at the way his own family cast him aside, she wai
