I couldn't stay away
07-21-2014, 11:45 PM
She was silent for a time, pensive and thoughtful as she weighed her answer and regarded his question. Finally she would shift her gaze to him, an emotion dancing in her eyes that he hadn't seen for a long time. Desire. A smile would curl up the edges of his lips and he would chuckle, a low rumbling around that rolled up his throat. Finally she would speak, voicing what he had already expected. He would not reply, simply nod. If she didn't already know by now that he would move the sun the and moon for her then he didn't know what else he could do. He would follow this woman anywhere, so anything for her. Her next words brought that lazy smile back to his lips and he could chuckle again. "If they haven't we shall carve our names into their hides." It was a promise, to her and to the world. He had never been well known, simply the shadow who had slithered along behind her, an extension of herself. "When do we leave?" He would ask, casting her a sidelong look out of the corner of his eye. HER WORDS HERE HIS WORDS HERE |