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Another chapter going up tomorrow! :)

A Lesson in Love

He runs his thumb across the back of Amelia's knuckles, and thanks Merlin for the thousandth time that she is alive. Harmed, yes, but not so badly that she would not recover soon, according to the nurse.

Alive, and back with him.

And the terrible nightmare was over.

Still, the fear that had been living in his chest for the last few months was a beast not so easily banished, and only the steady pound of her heart where he keeps his fingers on the pulse in her wrist seems to keep it at bay. The moments between each heartbeat has the fear clawing at the inside of his throat, terrified that for some reason the next beat wouldn't come. But then it does, and he's fine again, only for the same to happen the next moment.

He's driving himself mad, but he also cannot bring himself to let go of her wrist, an addict desperate for every new heartbeat, for the soothing sweetness of knowing that despite everything, she is alive.

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An itty bitty baby sneak peak of the upcoming chapter of A Lesson in Love ❤️

His breathing is coming a little more difficult now, and the press of his lungs seem to squeeze all the terrors from his heart into his head.

Would he know if Ranrok was already victorious?

He thinks that he would. He thinks that he would feel it if something were to happen to Amelia. He thinks he would feel his heart break in two, that he would feel the best parts of him crumble to dust.

But he cannot be sure.

The world might have already ended, and he cannot be sure.