Siroos froze for a second, seeing her teary face; the sapling's wilted leaves were holding onto her as if providing her support. They had turned blue.
Her doleful eyes held so many questions and emotions.
Betrayal
Treachery
Dishonesty
Anguish
Despair
They slit open his heart and sent pangs to his abdomen as if someone was gutting him alive. She had just started to accept him and now they were back to an even worse situation than their beginning.
"Tara, give us a moment," Siroos asked and Tara quickly scrambled away, nodding her head.
He took careful steps towards her but her broken voice had him halting.
"Don't come near me." Her heart wished to leap out of her chest as the broken bond between them purred in agony from their situation.
"I won't, I just wish to speak," he quickly said, ignoring the storm the bond was causing in his chest. His eyes wouldn't stop taking her in.
