Blackwater Islands bruise

she turns away from him, but ingram is not cowed; far from deterred. even as she speaks of what she truly is: that he does not know. it does not matter, he thinks with a fierceness that burns into the very marrow of his bones. he loves her; regardless. this confession — even if just to himself — brings both a soft bubble of surprise that is quickly quelled by the fact that it was no actual surprise at all. he has known; for a long time.

it doesn't matter. tell me, if you think it will make a difference. or don't, because it will not lessen how i feel about you. he is confident, because what could be worse than fragheda? what could be worse than matricide? he is no innocent lamb. he has slaughtered without flinching —

and he would not be moved from him declaration.

he would wed her, or none at all.