[ I think you wouldn’t put up with someone who wasn’t draws a small smile from Sharon as she glances down, a flicker of quiet pride in her eyes. Rose is right: Sharon would never tolerate anyone who didn’t treat her with respect—especially not after everything she's survived. She knows she deserves better, and a lot of that certainty is thanks to Rose Da Silva.
Alessa. Hearing the name—the one she used to bear, the name that still echoes in the corners of her mind—pulls something tight in her throat. It’s not a name she hears often. It’s not one she easily brings up. Too many memories there, some too raw to touch. ]
Mmhmm [ she hums softly, her voice carefully measured. She and Mayerling had spoken of Alessa soon after she arrived, right before they made their Familiar/Legend Pact. ] He knows about Alessa, the fire…all those years in the basement. The things I’ve done. [ The murders, the choices, the darkness inside her she sometimes couldn’t control. ] He knows the parts of me I can barely speak about to anyone... except you. [ Rose would always be the one person exempt from all her rules, the only one she would never turn away, and now, she thinks, Mayerling is, too. ]
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Alessa. Hearing the name—the one she used to bear, the name that still echoes in the corners of her mind—pulls something tight in her throat. It’s not a name she hears often. It’s not one she easily brings up. Too many memories there, some too raw to touch. ]
Mmhmm [ she hums softly, her voice carefully measured. She and Mayerling had spoken of Alessa soon after she arrived, right before they made their Familiar/Legend Pact. ] He knows about Alessa, the fire…all those years in the basement. The things I’ve done. [ The murders, the choices, the darkness inside her she sometimes couldn’t control. ] He knows the parts of me I can barely speak about to anyone... except you. [ Rose would always be the one person exempt from all her rules, the only one she would never turn away, and now, she thinks, Mayerling is, too. ]