Sing of Secret Sorrow

The pair both reveled in their closeness. Belle held Io and Io held her right back. With their foreheads pressed together, Iolaire remembered their time together as lovers. She missed it, but she was glad that they had passed it and had forged this strong relationship that they now shared. As they had always been, the women were perfect together, lovers or not.

Belle's words about Roan brought soft laughter from the smaller woman. "He's everything that I never knew that I always wanted. I've never been loved so well by a man." She grinned, her tears forgotten. "Not only does he treat me well, but he's thoughtful, caring. He dotes on me just as I dote on him. It makes me happy to make him happy. He's supportive of everything that I do, even if he doesn't always agree with my methods." With a shrug and a sigh, green gold eyes met lavender. "I truly love him."