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He suddenly leaned forward, and kissed her

Surprised at first, she could not say later that it was not enjoyable, just unexpected But still, it elcoun to feel

"Tulyr, I want you to re after I show you this," Aldrec said after their lips parted "I want you to re will change that Do you understand?"

Silently, and not quite expecting what he meant, she nodded

But in the next instant, she received a full explanation, not so er Aldrec

He was still Aldrec

But he was taller, or at least he seemed to be … and his skin hiter … or was that a perception as well?

His hair was , brilliant white, fanned by an invisible wind His clothes had grown longer, become more robe like, until they fit loosely around his body like several layers of translucent sheets, revealing his finely toned physique in the places where they did not completely cover

But his face … He turned to look her way, and Mericlou's heart nearly gave out as she was struck harshly with a feeling of intense … desire? Fear? Both? She could not tell

His blue eyes burned with a fire more intense than they did when he uttered his words of love to her, yet at the saer, darker than she had ever seen in Skori at his most irate

His skin hiter, Mericlou concluded in her feveredshallow, rapid breaths as its soft, yet powerful light illuht tore into her, destroying anything superficial, and exposing her frailties, faults, fears, and leaving her pure soul, naked before hilided towards her, and then stopped, htened beyond comprehension, backed into one of the bookshelves, mouth open in a silent screa herself froht

"Tulyr," he said His voice resonated with a ic that seemed to cause the walls to shake

"Aldrec …?" Mericlou whispered

"Don't be afraid," he said, as his form hovered close "Look at me, love Look at me, and know that this is what I truly am This is the form that is the real me But remember that I am still your Aldrec"