easy for him to talk ! he’s the one who wants to hold it all out in the open, without any concerns or fears. and perhaps, when there was only the pair of them, it was safe for two natural beings to roam the earth together, but satana brought a whole other thing to the table: hell. how many times will she have to say this, how many times will she have to tell him that it’s not up to him whether he’s going to leave or not. there were parts of her life neither of them knew, and she preferred it that way; the less they were involved, the higher was the possibility of their survival. no one was immortal. not with a beast in the underworld which predated most. and she, she looks just like him when in the midst of darkness a glimpse of light makes her eyes flash in red ( signalling of the wrong, the wicked, the evil ), so how can cassian be sure her father won’t get his claws inside of her heart deep enough for her to turn them in herself ?
stern look on her face, ebony threads wrapping around her arms like they’re alive. why doesn’t he understand ? his foolish belief only irked her, the crease between sculpted brows being a visible proof of that. ❛ we’re not having this conversation again. ❜