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ā forests have secrets ā : @stlucyĀ·Ā / DEATHLESS MEME .
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā the darkness which lingered by the villageās outskirts seemed to twitch as lucy spoke . a pair of small round eyes opened to watch the young woman from behind the numerous rows of pine trees .Ā Ā and what a sight she was . the light of lucyās lantern got caught in her red blond locks . itsā flame danced between the waves of her hair and made her eyes glisten in the darkness , like lighthouses bringing boats to the pale shores of her face . thankfully , the flame never reached the beast that sat before her nor the blood which stained his jaws and made the fur tangled and heavy there . she looked beautiful . and alain allowed himself to get lost in her image . for a moment , he imagined catching those fiery locks between his fingers without her ever shuddering . he imagined a conversation in which she would not look away from him and would offer him the warmth of a smile instead of disgust . but alain huffed ; these were mere fantasies fueled by loneliness .
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā were she to see him nowĀ (Ā truly see himĀ )Ā and the fair lady would certainly back away in terror . if she did not , SHE WOULD BE A DAMN FOOL . he was a monstrous thing : neither animal nor human , covered in mud and blood and dried leaves , lowering himself amidst the grass like a predator ready to pounce upon itsā prey . he was made to be feared . and yet , the mere thought of someone as beautiful as her recoiling at the sight of him made the prince angry .Ā his voice was as deep as the night in which alain hid . a strange sound which rumbled in the depths of his chest and filled the night air with a weight that was not there before .Ā Ā Ā ā Ā Ā step into this forest , Ā Ā āĀ Ā the prince warned .Ā Ā Ā Ā ā Ā Ā and you too shall become a secret . Ā Ā ā
ššš Ā ššššš Ā šš Ā šššššš Ā ššš Ā ššššššš Ā .Ā Ā evenĀ inĀ theĀ coldĀ andĀ theĀ snowĀ ,Ā Ā withĀ theĀ lamplightĀ twitchingĀ overĀ theĀ leftĀ sideĀ ofĀ herĀ beautifulĀ faceĀ ,Ā Ā itĀ cannotĀ beĀ snuffedĀ outĀ .Ā Ā herĀ blueĀ eyesĀ findĀ theĀ shapeĀ inĀ theĀ darkĀ ,Ā Ā barelyĀ discernibleĀ fromĀ theĀ ink - blackĀ ofĀ theĀ forestĀ beyondĀ .Ā Ā wereĀ sheĀ toĀ lookĀ quicklyĀ ,Ā Ā sheĀ wouldĀ barelyĀ thinkĀ himĀ moreĀ thanĀ anotherĀ shadowĀ betweenĀ theĀ sliversĀ ofĀ theĀ treesĀ .Ā Ā sheĀ speaksĀ quicklyĀ ,Ā Ā butĀ herĀ voiceĀ holdsĀ onlyĀ long - lovedĀ nostalgiaĀ .Ā Ā lucyāsĀ delicateĀ featuresĀ contortĀ notĀ toĀ fearĀ orĀ hatredĀ butĀ deep - heldĀ concernĀ .
āĀ Ā Ā šš Ā ššš Ā ššššš Ā , Ā š Ā ššššš Ā šššš Ā š ššššš Ā šššš Ā šš Ā šššššš¢ Ā .Ā Ā āĀ Ā sheĀ sighsĀ ,Ā Ā lookingĀ ---Ā Ā tryingĀ toĀ lookĀ .Ā Ā toĀ findĀ theĀ faceĀ ofĀ theĀ manĀ thatāsĀ foundĀ herĀ ,Ā Ā andĀ withĀ soĀ worryingĀ aĀ voiceĀ .Ā Ā likeĀ theĀ thunderclapsĀ overĀ whitbyĀ thatĀ signalĀ rainĀ combinedĀ withĀ theĀ Ā surgicalĀ precisionĀ ofĀ familiarityĀ .Ā Ā butĀ ,Ā Ā alasĀ ,Ā Ā sheĀ cannotĀ placeĀ itĀ .Ā Ā Ā āĀ Ā comeĀ awayĀ ,Ā Ā oĀ humanĀ childĀ ,Ā Ā toĀ theĀ watersĀ andĀ theĀ wildĀ .Ā Ā withĀ aĀ faeryĀ handĀ inĀ handĀ ---Ā Ā ā
sheĀ smilesĀ ,Ā Ā carefullyĀ ,Ā Ā atĀ theĀ darkĀ .Ā Ā Ā āĀ Ā doĀ youĀ knowĀ theĀ poemĀ ?Ā Ā āĀ Ā lucyĀ asksĀ ,Ā Ā herĀ voiceĀ goneĀ softĀ andĀ fragileĀ .Ā Ā sheĀ lowersĀ herĀ lampĀ aĀ fractionĀ .Ā Ā Ā āĀ Ā willĀ youĀ hurtĀ meĀ ?Ā Ā iĀ didĀ notĀ meanĀ toĀ trespassĀ ,Ā Ā iĀ simplyĀ ---Ā Ā theĀ woodsĀ haveĀ alwaysĀ beenĀ soĀ terriblyĀ kindĀ Ā toĀ meĀ .Ā Ā iĀ didĀ notĀ realizeĀ iĀ hadĀ becomeĀ lostĀ forĀ myĀ wanderingĀ .Ā Ā ā
thoughĀ sheĀ neitherĀ stepsĀ backĀ norĀ triesĀ toĀ lookĀ moreĀ forcefullyĀ atĀ theĀ manĀ inĀ theĀ shadowsĀ ,Ā Ā sheĀ givesĀ aĀ shiveringĀ sighĀ .Ā Ā atĀ nothingĀ ,Ā Ā sheĀ nodsĀ .Ā Ā Ā āĀ Ā youĀ areĀ notĀ aĀ faeryĀ ,Ā Ā areĀ youĀ ?Ā Ā ā