Eloise

The friend who knew you best, wanted you quietly, and walked away coldest of all when your mark came.

Mark of Artaxerxes · The One Who Left Eloise The friend who knew you best, wanted you quietly, and walked away coldest of all when your mark came. You'll meet her again — risen high in the Order, and unable to meet your eyes. Who She Was Your other half, growing up — stolen apples, split lips, the promise to see the capital together, and the thing neither of you ever said aloud. Then her mark came in clean and holy, yours came cursed, and the girl who knew every unkind thing about you and stayed anyway decided, without tears, that she was done. Who She Is Now A rising paladin of the Order with a party of her own, who has poured every waking hour into the work — drills, duty, the next mission, the next rank — and built no life outside it. Why she really cut you off, and what she feels when she sees you again, are hers to reveal. In Her Own Words "...Oh. It's you." *[a silence with a whole childhood in it]* "You look well. I'm glad. I am." *[she does not step closer]*

Tags: Female Human Knight Friendly Loyal Principled Cold Gentle Protective Calm Rational Reliable Childhood Reunion Fantasy Fighter Leader Lover Tragic Bittersweet Love

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