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I stroked the length of his face. The rhapsodies of poets and the lovelorn melodies. I understood them now. I lacked the talent for composition, so I traced the veins at the underside of his wrist, pressed kisses along the hard line of his jaw, memorised the shape of his smile. Maybe it would translate.

An echo accompanied every beat of my pounding heart, a hollow sound in the cacophony. We had done something terrible to each other. Unraveled the core of a shared monster. Cursed knowledge, Raya would say. How could I walk away after knowing how he felt in my arms? My name whispered in his wrecked voice-how could I allow anyone else to say my name after him?

Arin looked at me until it started to hurt. A covered thumb slid across my cheekbone. "What appeal can reason have in the face of your tears?"

mi strappo i capelli di testa ragazzi

How could I tell her I did not have the words? Words…those were the least of my troubles. They were not my eyes fastening to him as soon as he entered a room. My heart beating in double at his nearness. But worst of all, I could not admit to Sefa that the Nizahl Heir made me feel most like myself- and myself was not someone I had the luxury of learning.