14. Shadow
He tentatively strokes the back of her clammy hand with his thumb, swallowing hard against the solid lump he can feel forming in his throat. She's still talking about how awful she feels for not paying attention to him. Guilt wells up in his body so ferociously that he thinks he'll be sick.
How had he almost taken another woman to bed while Cora was suffering so terribly?
She looks like a shadow of her former self, a ghost that has not quite formed. As he raises her hand to his lips, Robert resolves to fix her, no matter what.
A/N: I'm trying to get a few more "canon" moments in here. Not working so well at the moment, though.