Duskfire Glacier glakoss

More than anything, Satori appreciated his concern, his thought for her happiness here. Turning her back on the lake, she circled back to Faust and settled in the snow nearby with a soft smile. 

"Love is a strong word," her own voice traced with humour, stopped short at his next words. A husband? "I haven't thought much about it." Heart swooped at the lie.

The first time Satori's season had hit, her mother had been there to whisk her away. Her second, however, was yet to come. "Faust, there is something I have- I want to tell you." Brow furrowed, a more serious expression replacing what had once been whimsy, their previous conversation surfacing. "Would you listen?"