Duskfire Glacier the pines, the beasts, the frost

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it wasn't often that lousine could be seen without faust, but today, for a brief moment, she parted from him.

part of her feared he would tire of her sooner or later. he cared for her, hunted for her — and more, the thought of which causing her cheeks to flush — and she loved it. loved his presence. but there was always an exception.

always a limit.

she walked alone, straying into a stretch of nearby woodland that had yet to be seen by her eyes. the evergreens enveloped her and there were songbirds nestled in their branches. she felt herself smiling at nothing.

oblivious to the fact that anyone else could be around, lousine sat beneath a trunk and closed her eyes — not to sleep, but to feel.