all i've ever wanted

She lifted herself over the ledge and onto the earth beyond the natural spa. She could feel Seer’s eyes on her, but she didn't dare look back even as he called out her name. He paused again but her mismatched ears flicked back, making it obvious that she was listening. Belle stood still but she could hear the truth in his voice as he confessed softly. Losing Zee had revealed just how broken he was. His inner demons returned without her there to keep them at bay. They easily took over while he was alone.

Deathbelle expected this kind of confession, but what she didn’t expect was him to mention love. His fear that he didn’t know the difference, but she wasn’t even sure there was one. Loving him and healing him went paw in paw, but that was the real danger wasn’t it. After so long and after she had suppressed her lifetime of feelings how could she relinquish that wall?

”Then don’t leave me again.” Her words were barely more than a whisper, but she finally turned back towards him. Her hesitance was obvious, but as her violet eyes met his blue she couldn’t forget the desire that resided in the broken pieces of her heart. Of the years she spent pining after a man she had always known was her other half.