[ for a wild moment there, she feared he might object.
it was sort of cheating, after all, and perhaps even a bit cruel. a taste without much of a taste; a nibble that had hardly any bite to it. but even in her resilience she is weak — where enough words of flattery and attention can wear down even the strongest wall of resolve.
she still means it, of course, when she'd told him she would love to know his heart before his body. and perhaps this, too, is a trial in that. to see how a man who would be king, who must certainly have had everything he ever wanted laid out for him — how will he act when given a shadow of that?
apparently, the answer to that is: quite well. ]
It's not a chase, [ she corrects gently.
at least, in her heart, she would rather not think of it as such. a chase implies such unpleasant things; as if it were nothing more than a game, where the roles are imbalanced and a winner and a loser is implied.
she shakes her head softly, and tries to move past the intoxicating feeling of warmth that has lingered on her lips. ]
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it was sort of cheating, after all, and perhaps even a bit cruel. a taste without much of a taste; a nibble that had hardly any bite to it. but even in her resilience she is weak — where enough words of flattery and attention can wear down even the strongest wall of resolve.
she still means it, of course, when she'd told him she would love to know his heart before his body. and perhaps this, too, is a trial in that. to see how a man who would be king, who must certainly have had everything he ever wanted laid out for him — how will he act when given a shadow of that?
apparently, the answer to that is: quite well. ]
It's not a chase, [ she corrects gently.
at least, in her heart, she would rather not think of it as such. a chase implies such unpleasant things; as if it were nothing more than a game, where the roles are imbalanced and a winner and a loser is implied.
she shakes her head softly, and tries to move past the intoxicating feeling of warmth that has lingered on her lips. ]
It's a dance.