Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Blades of Light and Shadow (Visual Novel) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Aerin Valleros/ Valax Characters: Valax, Aerin Valleros Additional Tags: shadestalker, monster killing equals falling in love if you do it right, they're not really enemies to lovers, but they're not friends either when Aerin flees his hateful daddy to be at her side, so make of that what you will, when he has no where else to go... Series: Part 4 of Blades of Light and Shadow Summary:
He reached out, taking her hand in both of his. She tensed, then stilled. “I’m staying,” he said, and when her eyes flicked up, startled, he repeated it, “I’m staying. Whatever you are, whatever hunts you, I’m not letting you face it alone.”
She stared at him for a long moment, as if trying to decode some private cypher in his face.
“Why?” she asked, voice barely above a whisper.
He gave the only answer that mattered. “Because I chose to.”
She let out a long, shaky breath, a smile breaking through the mask of fatigue and fear. “That’s dangerous. You know that, don’t you?”
Aerin grinned, bloodied and exhausted. “If I wanted safety, I wouldn’t have left Morella’s dungeons.”
