when the daylight ends

perhaps he had been blind to her deeper devotion. perhaps he was too concerned about Winterfell to really notice her feelings. or perhaps he saw her as a child. she was years younger than him, but she did not care. she could not change the fact she had admired him for his personality, not his older age. to her, it was experience. to her, it meant he was more mature. especially when she stacked Acere up against the other males running about. "Acere, when I said I was 'fond' of you, I meant it... differently" her breath caught but she continued on moments later "I would regret this, if I never said anything. that I left Winterfell because I did not tell you the truth. I wish to leave because I know I cannot have you."