( Emilia does not turn to face him just yet, does not feel ready to welcome his acceptance. Instead, she thinks of everything else that now makes perfect and brutal sense. The reaction of his court. Anir's comments after the Sin Corridor. The way his brothers behaved — she sees it now for the test it must have been. All along she was taught the Malvagi were the villains of this story. All along. )
I remember Sursea coming to House Vengeance. How much she hated you for denying her.
( Him above all, somehow.
These memories have teeth, and Emilia feels the bite of them. A sharp breath lands in her chest wounded as she does finally turn, with the understanding she has betrayed him now in two lifetimes. Beyond the bruised nature of the desolation, confusion.
Sickness. She feels sick at recalling such a cruel game. Her hand in it. )
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( Emilia does not turn to face him just yet, does not feel ready to welcome his acceptance. Instead, she thinks of everything else that now makes perfect and brutal sense. The reaction of his court. Anir's comments after the Sin Corridor. The way his brothers behaved — she sees it now for the test it must have been. All along she was taught the Malvagi were the villains of this story. All along. )
I remember Sursea coming to House Vengeance. How much she hated you for denying her.
( Him above all, somehow.
These memories have teeth, and Emilia feels the bite of them. A sharp breath lands in her chest wounded as she does finally turn, with the understanding she has betrayed him now in two lifetimes. Beyond the bruised nature of the desolation, confusion.
Sickness. She feels sick at recalling such a cruel game. Her hand in it. )
... How?