Emberwood [m] You already know that it's hard to find gold in this crap disco

You're all I have.

I'll do anything.

He understood, then.

She shifted closer to tuck her face against his fur. You're perfect, you know, Reverie informed him in a muffled mumble, not for the first time and certainly not the last. It took a few moments to blink away the beginnings of tears, not because she thought Dusty Rose would mind but because she really, truly did not want to cry right now.

What she wanted was to kiss him, and that was what she did next.

In The Gilded Sea it was just us, most of the time, She said softly when they'd parted. It felt natural to share. Others passed through sometimes. We traded with them, but they never stayed long. A few tried - but then it was just us again.

My father said he brought my mother there to keep her safe. I think he did it to control her. All of us, That was all he'd cared about in the end. Maybe that was love in its own way. We didn't really think we could leave. He said we couldn't, anyway. But then I did. A faint smirk crossed her features then, only briefly, an expression that said fuck him as clearly as any words could.