| The back of her hand was tingling where his lips... 644 |
[Feb. 15th, 2010|02:40 am] |
The back of her hand was tingling where his lips had touched her and her pulse was suddenly erratically fastFighting for composure, Elena asked, "I don't understandWhat did I do?"
His sorrow was still there, but somehow it seemed gentler now, less naked in his faceHe said, quite calmly, "Tigana is the name of a land that was taken awayIts loss is part of the evil that brought the shadow-figure to this hill, and to all your other battlefields for twenty years nowElena, you won't understand this completely, you can't, but believe me when I tell you that you could not have heard the name of that land back in your village, whether by the light of day or under the two moonsNot even if I spoke it to you from as near as we are now, or cried it louder than I did within the stream
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