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"You keep on that road, I won’t let you finish"
"Aye, ye will Because I need to say it" Niall held his gaze "Over the years, you’ve had your pleasure of me, taken my pain as part of it" His lip curled "That’s your way I’ve seen youwatchout I finally understand, Evan I had to step out of what I am and into what you are, but then it all , he came to Evan, dropped to one knee in front of the bench where he sat Though his palms burned with the desire to take, to touch, Evan forced hioing with it Reaching out, Niall touched his face, startling hientle possessiveness and authority in the touch
"It’s not about wanting so in your soul when they’re loving ye with all their ability to love and ht they could go, whatever shape or foruid long life, it’s never long enough for any of us to refuse love when offered Sic as ye gie, sic wull ye get"
You’ll get out of life as much as you put in Evan was at a loss for words, such that those brown eyes were suddenly dancing, the hard"Not much ye can say, is it? I’m still your servant If ye tell me you’d be happy to die for me, all that means is you’d be happy to murder me"
"Ass" Evan shoved at his shoulder Niall fended hie fingers curling into Evan’s flesh They stayed that way aevery inch of pressure tingling through his nerves Niall hadn’t put on a shirt, so his hand was on that first dragon, fingertips on the third n of life
"Setas death; jealousy is as cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a aze to Niall’s face, and the power of theSolomon"
"I ken my Bible," Niall said, a mild reproof
"Yes I’ve loved you, no matter all of it," Evan said quietly "Uthe wanted to know if immortality could steal inspiration It didn’t But to lose both of you, to lose the stubborn, rockheaded Scot who’s been my constant companion, my friend, my servant, for three hundred years, and to lose the woht the wall down between us, at the same time? My art wouldn’t survive that, Niall I’m not supposed to influence your decision, but I will tell you the truth Your loss will do what nothing else can It will take awayup to clasp Evan’s wrist "I gave ye a hard ti her become more than she was, despite the short ti about that But it did make me wonder I knohy you’re with o, did you follow me? Care for my family? Give s others can’t see, and I try to put it in a language the rest understand better" Evan shrugged "I’s I see, feel, in your soul I can’t articulate them, but I follow the, but hoping, thinking, believing, that if I follow a certain path, things will unfold as they should"
"And you determine what that ‘should’ is?"
"No" Evan shook his head "Not like you’re thinking I don’t even know the outco, then it’s a discarded film or canvas Or the loss of a lost soul But it’s better to fight for a lost soul than to leave it lost That’s one thing I’ almost like Niall had, that first time he’d touched Alanna after she woke, Evan at last curved his fingers into Niall’s hair, needing to stroke, to touch, to hold Niall tilted his head enough to shoelcomed the caress, and Evan kneouldn’t restrain hiht he had, he wanted his rip to Evan’s hand, brought it to his ainst his knuckles
"Niall" He was going to lose control, crush the fragrant flower beds with the weight of Niall’s body, his own on top of it Lyssa s he led pansies
The Scot lifted his head "Outside of the times ere with other vauess you understood that"
Yes He’d never demanded from Niall what came so naturally to Alanna’s lips, and soon it wouldn’t apply Not that it had ever been an easy fit
"You encouraged her to see us both as her Master You’ve been planning this awhile"
"Well, not her part of it, but I wrote the first letter to Uthe about turning you sixNiall’s jaw, paused there, just holding that touch, pressing against his jaith the sudden surge of feeling
Niall put his hand over his "Evan"