【战锤40k同人作品翻译】Ennui 第十️三章:自由 Free(13)
a scarlet horizon captured in the middle of the night by the light of the moon.
My breath was stuck somewhere near my ribs as I stared up at her, and she met my gaze with an inscrutable expression.
“Do you want me?” Isarae reached out to play her fingers across my chest up to my chin, then to my lips. “Even though I am xenos… even though I am the enemy.”
“You’re not my enemy, Isarae,” I said the words without thinking, and as heretical as they might have been I knew they were true.
“How can you know?” She leaned down, her hair falling across my face in tickling waves. “I am Aeldari, a deceiver… worse, I am Druchi.”
“I know.” She raised an eyebrow at that.
“I'm a novice, not an idiot” I said flatly. "I know the difference between a corsair and a true dark one like you, even if it took me a little while to realise it.” I reached out with my good arm and put the tips of my fingers to her cheek, tracing the fine, inhuman lines I found there.
My breath was stuck somewhere near my ribs as I stared up at her, and she met my gaze with an inscrutable expression.
“Do you want me?” Isarae reached out to play her fingers across my chest up to my chin, then to my lips. “Even though I am xenos… even though I am the enemy.”
“You’re not my enemy, Isarae,” I said the words without thinking, and as heretical as they might have been I knew they were true.
“How can you know?” She leaned down, her hair falling across my face in tickling waves. “I am Aeldari, a deceiver… worse, I am Druchi.”
“I know.” She raised an eyebrow at that.
“I'm a novice, not an idiot” I said flatly. "I know the difference between a corsair and a true dark one like you, even if it took me a little while to realise it.” I reached out with my good arm and put the tips of my fingers to her cheek, tracing the fine, inhuman lines I found there.