Neverwinter Forest and i wish i’d known that you were bleeding while i sat and watched you reading

in their flight, the nightshade had joined them. merrick wept to see her, to mingle his bloodied scent with that of her own. together; together; together; he had kissed her cheeks in a feverish relief. 
his great wound now began to stiffen; the roving glow of merrick's single eye glinted longingly after astara while caiaphas sent her off. it was a good place the old one had chosen; he rolled to his side with a pained growl and regarded the crone with a vague look of curiosity.
"he will die ," merrick grunted, not bothering to clarify of whom he was speaking. she would know.