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only saw Owen as I knew him. But that wasn’t him that shot me, not even close.”

“You had the reasoning already there; you may have just needed the push to complete it. I hope it helps you to heal, you deserve it.”

Laughing into the hiccup, a sense of relief washed through her with the revelation, poignancy hanging heavy in her chest. “I think it will.”

They stayed there by the fire’s breath, Rhulle became a comfort for Avie, and she to him. All she wanted to do was spend her time here in the manor, it was away from the stressors of everyday life, it was with Rhulle. All she wanted was to be with Rhulle.

It pained her that she had to live a life in town while he remained dwelling in secret. She couldn’t just disappear and live with him in the decaying abode, yet the thought of having to be living separate from him bothered her. She knew the visits couldn’t last forever, but what would come after? How could they keep together in secret away from everyone when Avie was just…?

A human.

They were connected, made for the other, there was no way the pair could be separated now that they came together.

“Rhulle, I’ve been thinking. Owen was talking about this hideout; I’m worried people will flock here after the trial. You would have to hide more often, that isn’t fair to you. I’m so sorry, I’ve put you in an awful situation.”

“That is a risk I took on when I chose to come here. The influx is just a speculation, it may not happen, but if it should then I have the whole forest to call home. This is not your doing, Avie. We will figure this out.”

“I don’t want to have you in hiding,” she spoke, cradling a hand to her cheek, “I don’t think you deserve to, you should have your own home, your own sanctuary that doesn’t have to be intruded whenever someone stumbles upon it.”

He was ruminating, pausing a beat after the words left her.

“Then… let us build our own home, far away from here. Inside the border of the forest. We could farm our own food, make our own clothes, be away from society. I was raised in a small colony; I have memorized books on gardening; I have the knowledge to provide us with everything we would need. But that would also mean you would give up the life you know.”

Avie stared at him, the vision of them inside of a small log cabin floating to the surface of her mind. Just her and Rhulle living off the grid together without worry, without bother. Without everything she had ever known. She had no family, no attachments to the rest of the world, Rhulle was her only constant, the only one she needed to be with.

“I cannot live without you now, Avie. This was a life I thought I could never return to, I never dreamed of having the ability while I resided here on Earth. But now, with you, we can be together, really together. Living like true vovii do, I would be able to love you every day. I want to love you every day.”

He held her hand to his face as he pleaded the case, speaking everything she desired. She couldn’t live the same life she had regardless. If there was no Rhulle, the future seemed bleak and dull, he was the colour that whirled in her vision, the light that made her want to start each day. Avie fell in love with the creature in the woods, she was as much his as he was hers.

Living a life with him, to see him every day, to love him everyday in return—it was all she wanted, all she could think about. She ran with the thought to live together, instead of the alternative of days apart, conflictions constantly keeping them spaced out.

“All I want is you, all I ever wanted was you. I’ve never been attached to anywhere, but you are my heart, Rhulle, you are my home now. I would love nothing else but to live together. Let’s fucking do it.”

His face brightened, widening in surprise as if he expected she would say no. Upon hearing the affirmation, glee took over and he laughed softly with a smile; drinking in heavy breaths, tears falling down the pale face and landing into the pink palm.

“Avie, I-I, I thought my life was over. I was only existing until I met you. I n-never imagined I could be this fortunate, that I had a chance to f-fall in love, and live happily... You changed everything by stumbling into this place. I think I had been calling out for what I needed, I do not know how, but I was. I needed sustenance and I needed someone beside me, to teach me. And this world sent me you. You are all I need, dear Avie. I love you. I love you so much it hurts thinking I could have… I almost… I almost never had this.”

Her heart panged in her chest, feeling the love he shared for her. Avie never had this before, never had anyone to love her as Rhulle did. She was certain this was new for him as well.

“I’m going to love you forever,” she whispered, “I’ve never felt like this before, I can’t get enough of you. We were meant to be, Rhulle, plain and simple. There’s no doubt in my mind that this was all supposed to happen. From the moment we first spoke, it felt destined, I don’t know how else to explain it. I just had to be idiotic enough to try to get to know you.”

“Meant to be… That is a human term, akin to soulmates, correct? I never believed in it when I read about those things. We do not have that belief on Celisc, whatever happens is the result in your own work. But you? Everything that has transpired is too coincidental to