Sixty-Four

🌷 M O N G R E L 🌷

"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."

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Inhaling a short breath, Merlin said, "I told you... you can trust me. I knew you'd find a way. What I found quite fascinating however, and something I wasn't entirely counting on, was you completing the bound."

Merlin took a step forward and she asked hastily, "How did you know?"

He couldn't have possibly been watching, could he? Thought Arianna. If so, he should easily have been caught, his presence made aware to Demetre and his keen senses.

With just a foot of space left between them, Merlin' eyes searched her face whilst lifting his hand near her face. Exhaling, Arianna closed her eyes, unsure of what he was about to do, but she relaxed when his fingertips brushed over the scared puncture wounds left behind from Demetre's bite. The slight sigh that passed through he