.-°-..-°-. S h a r d s .-°-..-°-.
.Shard 02.
Dreadnought Leviathan
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They were all in religious silence when the cell's door opened with a dry mechanical click.
Then, in the very following fraction of second, the princess, standing up from her previous dignified position, her hands joining onto her lap, scanned all her saviours one by one, each with a different look.
And when her eyes finally met his, Basch felt the cheek she had slapped him less than an hour ago burning wildly, as if her vicinity could light it up magically.
°Basch° - with her hissing shrill voice, which transpired nothing but pure hatred, like her burning eyes, like her violent hand. He had not even paid attention to all the other words she had spoken - his name pronounced with that sickened tone just kept overwhelming everything else.
He regained his sense of reality when he saw Ashelia faltering - and his inner sense of duty made him attempt to reach for her- but he stopped.
It was Vossler, the one who almost caught her in his arms.
"Majesty -"
"It's nothing. I'll be fine." she tried to appear strong, as she always did. But her fingers were tentatively gripping on the steel covering Vossler's arm, while his gloved hand seized firmly but delicately her shoulder.
Even in the instant which followed, there was a mess of extended hands which didn't dare to touch each other, now that it was not strictly necessary anymore.
Basch couldn't help gazing away for an instant.
His role. That was supposed to be his role - and he felt despoiled.
Everything the princess could save for him, instead, was another disgusted hiss.
"You."
And she was killing him with her eyes again - they were more deathly and brutal than every sword's blade he had ever experienced.
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Author'sNote: Ah, Vossler, Vossler. Really is almost impossible to be sure that there is nothing going on between them, don't you think?
Well, thanks to my reviewer, drop by again once a while, it would be great! Unfortunately, I couldn't read the major part of the fic you have suggested, because I'm still in Archades with the game and I don't want spoilers -.-
But hey if you have any other, keep them coming, I'll take note!
Swamp-Eyes