Chapitre 626: [Bonus chapter]An Elf's Tale, Part 32

By then, the euphoria of their reunion had finally dwindled to nothingness, and the heavy weight of reality pressed down on her shoulders once again.

To see Lenora here and now was nothing short of a miracle, to be able to listen to her voice again was only a notion she could dream about between nightmares, and to finally feel her touch, her warmth once more… it was all she had ever wanted.

But she did not need it.

It would have been better if she weren't here now, that she didn't get to listen to her voice, or feel her pointed ears grazing her skin—far away, far from here, far from this—that would have been better for her.

"I suppose you are quite content with yourself now, aren't you?" Eshwlyn said, her casualness ringing hollow.

"For as long as you're here, there is nothing else I could want," Lenora replied, her eyelids fluttering close in bliss. "And the only thing that will change that is if you go." 

"I see..."