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Looking up at him, Kahli licked her lips They&039;d beco more than it helped

Will watched her, his attentive gaze unwavering He was silent, breathing in long slow breaths, but Kahli could feel his pulse She kneas nervous, scared even But, he blocked everything else from her She didn&039;t knohy he&039;d be afraid of her Or, maybe, he blocked her for another reason, but Kahli wasn&039;t about to ask

After a aze and looked down at his chest "If that&039;s what you need, I will" He released her arers worked the buttons on the front of his shirt, Kahli couldn&039;t look away She didn&039;t knohat he was doing It was freezing, even with the fire right next to them

"You saw the runes on ers undid another button and his shirt began to fall open

Now that he said it, Kahli thought she re, but the recollection was fuzzy and faded, like an old photograph left in the sun, bleached white with all the details uely"

Will pulled his ar his bare chest His body was allto touch hiers The thought shocked her She tried to bury it, but Will smiled softly, like he&039;d already heard her He took her hand in his and pressed the pads of her fingers to his chest

Kahli couldn&039;t breathe She didn&039;t knohat he was doing, but she didn&039;t pull away "What are you - ?"

He cut her off, "Look Read them I know you can"

When Kahli looked down at his bare skin she saw a string of runes appear under her fingers Will lifted his hands fro that she wouldn&039;t pull away As she slid her hand across his chest, rune after rune appeared Some of them didn&039;t make sense They seerazed across his chest and down his side, Kahli recognized a rune She slipped her fingers over his skin slowly, tracing a line down his side As she touched hi bright criers passed over them and they faded back to the color of his skin When her hand trailed down to Will&039;s waist she stopped

Sing hard, she looked up at hihtly "It&039;s your name," she said, shocked Will nodded slowly

The moment felt surreal, like time bent and stopped The two stared at each other Kahli didn&039;t kno ain Will&039;s blue eyes were locked on hers, holding her in place They were so close, but when she dropped her hand neither of the his real naainst hi her hand over his warain, she wanted to feel the runes burn under her pal her hand less than an inch fro violently Her mind couldn&039;t make sense of it, of what it ether and tried to step away, but Will took her hand "Say it," he commanded "Say my name"

Kahli ide-eyed She shook her head The nah to see it I trust you I believe you" It hat she needed, so - to be trusted with She still couldn&039;t believe he showed her

"Then, why are you shaking?"