Craving uncle Leonard

wly brought from the sleepness by the feeling of the sun on her skin. She laid there for a

, it met nothing but the cool, empty sheets. Her eyes opened, and then

e hell i

onto the cool, creaky floor. Seeing him standing by the window, back incurved, his shoulders stiff. The light s

he said; her voice s

man of previous days had been replaced by something altogether less agreeable; the smile that so successfully wooe

' he repl

d with puzzlement. "I

f he could not stand to look

st. She sat in the darkness on her mattress, waited to hear his slow, measured steps and the sighs

he said in a smal

d running through his wisp, tousled hair. I was just.

n before he quickly pulled away, keeping a distance between them. It felt to her as

he whispered a question w

in his eyes, saw the war waging within him. Emilia, It was a mistake, this.

nt before the floor dropped out from under her. "

ed last night- you told me that yourself

his eyes. "I wasn't thinking clearly. My desires tricked me into making a decision like this, and now...now I see ho

you said Im the most gorgeous woman..and..and you said..you want me. Tell me you w

whispered, a lifetime of remorse twisting every syllable. "Now, however, I ha

the word alien in her mout

lueless about love. Not really. And you are caught up in the excitement, the thrill of somet

to take the edge of the bed in her hand just to straighten up.

s he closed his eyes. "I do, Emilia

that would explain it all. She looked over him: the man whose loyal hands had cradled her with such a fr

he pleaded, "Please don't do

had been kind and sweet. But just as the look arrived, she left in favou

even, "I am sorry. "But

lia standing there broken and without recourse. Then

feeling of rejection buried her. This room that had felt so warm and s

ed tears into her nightgown, Emili

, for some reason, she could not even begin to fill. She drifted through life

m her grip despite how desperately

picturing their last chat and exactly how all the things possessed undoubtedly

ke sense. No

way, dogging all her footsteps. And whenever she saw him, he would be aloof and cold,

it was real - everything she had believed about their love crushed under the weight of a single wish that could

d apparent