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the world was on fire (and no one could save me but you) by starsbetweenthepages
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
09 Feb 2026
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He offered her his hand, directed her, gave her something to focus on that lay beyond the blood and pain and panic of that moment.
Eyes here, he demanded in that deep, somber voice of his, and in her head, he demands it still. Eyes here, eyes here, eyes here. [...]
She imagines her hand wrapped around his wrist, fingertips resting against his pulse point, right where his magic is closest to the surface, caressing that calming, amber-coloured glow. She imagines the heavy, reassuring weight of his hand on her shoulder, a thumb drawing soothing circles into her skin. Insanely, she imagines his hand holding hers, their fingers intimately intertwined.
(In the aftermath of the Battle of Draithus, Sloane attempts to cope with her blossoming feelings for Dain by taking someone else to bed.)