The choice between Evan and her sisters was no choice. She couldn't bear to be like Allone, all single-faced bitterness and regret, abandoned by the man she'd chosen mere weeks after she sacrificed her sisters for him.
"Please don't," she whispered. "I don't want you, too. I like being held like this. You make me feel warm and safe. I just...I have to be careful. The choice--"
She shook her head, refusing to say more. "I don't want you to let me go."
That was true in a number of ways, some she wasn't even willing to admit to herself.
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Date: 2013-03-29 01:28 am (UTC)"Please don't," she whispered. "I don't want you, too. I like being held like this. You make me feel warm and safe. I just...I have to be careful. The choice--"
She shook her head, refusing to say more. "I don't want you to let me go."
That was true in a number of ways, some she wasn't even willing to admit to herself.