She held her breath to hear the stone hit anything. Suddenly she gasped as she felt herself falling. The sensation of being shoved was misplaced by the panic of being swallowed by the abyss below. He caught her and she trembled in his arms as he whispered in her ear. She wasn't entirely sure if she slipped or was pushed but her breath was fast and sharp in her throat as he held her. His leaning into the darkness over her had her shivering against him.
Did the stone make a noise below? She couldn't recall. She wanted to slink as far away from the gap in the ground as possible.
As Flare's slave, he has full permission to do what he likes with her and enter any of Demelza's threads.
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