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But he can hurt you. Reverie bit back the words and forced her thoughts away from what she had planned. She wanted to cry. Under any other circumstance she would have given anything to hear him say things like this, and now the time was here and she could only see the end on the horizon.
Couldn't she at least enjoy it for a moment?
Us, She echoed softly, and a hesitant half-smile played on her lips. I like the way that sounds. And maybe if Reverie hadn't been planning to leave, she would have told him then that she was sick of being called his friend. They were more than friends! So much more! But it hardly mattered what they called their relationship if Reverie meant to flee the valley. So she didn't say anything else. Instead she excused herself and left him with a kiss, meaning to find Akavir and Arric. She wouldn't mention what she and Lestan had spoken of, not until he was ready.