Even if Askel loathed her and did not wish to lay eyes on her again, in this moment, Zariah could only think of gazing into those eyes, so he would see in her own eyes, that there was nothing he could become that would make her loathe him.
Zariah's hands trembled as they reached up to Askel's face, lifting his gaze up to her.
Askel's eyes fluttered open slowly, animalistic as they looked, there was nothing but pain reflected in them as he opened his mouth to speak with great difficulty.
"I...did not want...you to see me like this. Why... have you come down here?" Askel asked Zariah in a slow, pained tone.
His words were more of a growl than they were words but Zariah picked up on every word he had said, her heart clenching painfully.
