She wanted to say it. She wanted to shout it until he was sick of hearing it.
I love you, I love you, I love you.
But the words stayed trapped in her throat, held back by an invisible force of her own making perhaps or something else they both couldn't see. It felt wrong and right at the same time, a paradox of emotion that left her breathless.
Soren didn't need her to speak to tell her what he was feeling. He was looking at her as if she were his entire world... his salvation, his home, his every whispered prayer. There was no hiding now, no imperial mask to shield him. It was a raw, aching love that was so intense it made Eris's vision blur.
Since she couldn't say the words, she decided to say everything but the words. She would make it so clear that even a man as dense as an ice block couldn't misunderstand.
