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AN: To my anonymous reviewer, thanks for your review, it's encouraging to know you liked it enough to read it through to chapter 4.

"You froze?" Yun-Seong snorted in disgust. "Talim I never took you for a weakling." Talim didn't respond. Normally a comment like that would've caused her to snap at the culprit, but since her confrontation with Nightmare, she was full of self-doubts. Sensing weakness, Yun-Seong decided to push his point. "Talim, perhaps it's time for you to think about starting a family, like we discussed? Leaving all of this stuff behind for good?"

"Maybe you're right." Talim replied wistfully and she gave him a quick kiss on the lips. Yun-Seong gave her a cocky grin, one she was all too familiar with.

"Course I'm right." He replied.

They began kissing once more, with ever increasing passion. As Yun-Seong began to peel her top away though, she stopped him.

"Not yet." She whispered to him. He looked at her with disappointment. "I want this to be a special moment, not something I'll regret."

"But…" He began but she placed a finger over his lips, a small smile on her face.

"Later." She whispered.

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Tira steadily crept up on the creature Nightmare. Although she wouldn't admit it out loud, she was missing Talim's wind skills right about now, it would've made this attack so much easier. Her mind kept wondering back to her many encounters with the young priestess.

The first time they'd met, Talim had stared her down without so much as a hint of fear in her eyes. The resulting fight had been…exhilarating to say the least. Unlike many of Tira's previous opponents, Talim was a real challenge. Eventually, Tira had been able to jump over Talim and kill her target. But as time went on, Tira had on more than one occasion been beaten by Talim. All in all, Tira had thought Talim worthy of her respect, but after the last attack on Nightmare she didn't think so anymore.

Leaping into the air, Tira launched herself at Nightmare.

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Talim couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned in her sheets, trying to go to sleep, but her mind was running at a thousand miles an hour as she went over the course of action she was agreeing to undertake with Yun-Seong. She'd grown up with the priesthood and becoming a priestess had thrilled her to the bone. She loved the excitement of being on a mission and the life or death shaves. Could she really give it all up? And then there was the small subject of Tira.

For some strange reason, Tira kept on dominating Talim's thoughts. Now that WAS a mystery to Talim. They had frequently fought one another and on more than one occasion Tira had almost killed her. She'd never felt the need to dwell on her past encounters before, so why was she doing it now?

Getting up, Talim decided to find Tira and Nightmare. She couldn't be the person Yun-Seong wanted her to be if she didn't resolve this.

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Tira felt her arm vibrate as her ring blade was bounced aside by Nightmare's sword. He swung his sword across and Tira was forced to throw herself back to avoid the blade. Unfortunately for Tira, her hands slipped and her blade flew out of her hands. As Nightmare raised his sword to finish her life, a sudden flash of realisation hit her.

"Talim, I love you." She whispered.

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Talim followed the voices of the wind, steadily leading her towards Tira. Reaching the top of the hill, she saw Nightmare standing over Tira, his sword raised for a killing blow. Feeling a sudden surge of love for Tira, Talim jumped down at the creature, swinging her blades. Nightmare, clearly caught by surprise, was unable to stop her from shattering his sword.

Taking advantage of Nightmare's sudden hesitation, Tira threw herself forward and rugby tackled the huge creature. As he went over, Talim smashed her blades into Nightmare's eyes. Nightmare screamed and exploded, throwing both girls away.

Getting to their feet, Tira and Talim walked up to each other.

"Talim I…" Tira began, but Talim shushed her. Standing on her tiptoes, Talim kissed Tira gently on the lips. After a moments pause, Tira kissed her back. Their kisses became more and more intense. They had finally found love.