Ve leans into his hand that lingers against her cheek. Two fingers tuck a piece of hair behind her ear for a lot longer than necessary. Even the thought of hearing those words fills her with terror. She has been so scared to hear those words over the years, it was always a gamble acting like a dunce, there was always the risk that Rhys would just get rid of the dead weight. She never really hid herself and her skills from him, just hid those things that would have the possibility of hurting him which hid herself in the process.
It was always the sentence that scared her the most. She knew it would be the final straw, the act that would finally break her, every other rejection she has faced, but she never lost that position. Now it is coming to an end not for malicious reasons, not because
