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How many days have passed since Erik's assault? Raoul cannot know, but he is cold. He shivers, violently, and listens as Erik batters away at his organ. Music shakes the hollowed cavern, echoing in vibrations that shatter the inside of his chest, and rattle his lungs. Raoul's chin grazes his chest, and distant ache eats away at the arc of his neck, and Erik must think he has lost consciousness.
Perhaps it will last forever, this pain.
