The Dark Knight
““Tell me what is truly in your heart, my lady,” Sandor said in a much softer tone.
Despite her fright, she looked up into his eyes that gazed upon her with sad tenderness, searching her face, probing deep within her soul. Tonia clasped her hands together. What was the point of showing a brave face at this juncture? Why lie to him or to herself? There was nothing left to lose now.
“I want to live, Sandor. With you,” she confessed. Tensing, she waited for him to laugh at her folly before he whipp...ed the leather thong around her neck.
Instead, he knelt opposite her and cupped her chin between his thumb and forefinger. “This is the truth of your heart?” he asked, his eyes wide with wonderment.
She blinked. “May I die if I lie,” she said, repeating his phrase though the words held a deeper meaning for her.
“You will not die, sukar luludi,” he assured her in his deep-timbre voice. “At least, not by my hands.” With that, Sandor tossed the garrote into the fire. The leather curled in the flames until there was nothing left but a long, black ash.MoreLess
Despite her fright, she looked up into his eyes that gazed upon her with sad tenderness, searching her face, probing deep within her soul. Tonia clasped her hands together. What was the point of showing a brave face at this juncture? Why lie to him or to herself? There was nothing left to lose now.
“I want to live, Sandor. With you,” she confessed. Tensing, she waited for him to laugh at her folly before he whipp...ed the leather thong around her neck.
Instead, he knelt opposite her and cupped her chin between his thumb and forefinger. “This is the truth of your heart?” he asked, his eyes wide with wonderment.
She blinked. “May I die if I lie,” she said, repeating his phrase though the words held a deeper meaning for her.
“You will not die, sukar luludi,” he assured her in his deep-timbre voice. “At least, not by my hands.” With that, Sandor tossed the garrote into the fire. The leather curled in the flames until there was nothing left but a long, black ash.MoreLess
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