I hope I shall see more of you than this when we're married! David embraced her and whispered in her ear, making her laugh. I found that it paralysed my hand temporarily, nothing more. It entered in a thousand different ways; it pierced her with ruby lines of light, and with coiling white-gold tendrils of fire. It was dreadful to see her so distraught, so unlike herself.
Delicately, as if she might shy away, Karl touched her shoulder; and the next thing she knew she was in his arms, unable to stop herself. They looked stricken, their eyes full of incredulous horror. It was completely black, so I'd no idea where I was. Particularly if Kristian ever follows it to see where it goes.
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