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take the corporal form she had taken for her warrior. Loneliness and sorrow tore at her as she wandered the empty corridors. Not even the beauty of the ice crystals could pull her from the anguish pulling her apart.
“Why do you cry?” A voice asked softly.
Icela’s swirling form stared into the reflection of the mirrored surface of ice. Her eyes warmed and softened as the voice of her warrior reached out to wrap his husky voice around her. The sound filled the emptiness that threatened to destroy her and she reformed as the woman he knew.
“I thought my warrior had left me alone,” she answered quietly. “I could not bear the cold that I love so much after feeling his warmth wrap around me, melting the ice inside my heart.”
The warrior stepped closer so he could gently touch her shoulders. He slowly turned Icela until she could gaze up into his eyes and feel the warmth of his hands. Lowering his head, he kissed her with such passion that she was left gasping for breath.
“I could never leave you,” he whispered against her lips.
“You cannot stay,” Icela said with a shudder as she tried to turn from him. “Your body is not made for my world. It will slowly kill you. I… I cannot watch what I am drain the warmth from you.”
“I would rather have a few short weeks with you, than a lifetime without,” the warrior replied, refusing to let her turn away. He slid his fingers between her cold ones and lifted her hand to his mouth so he could press his warm lips to the back of them. “Together, for as long as we have. I have no other world to go to. Ours is gone. This is my world now, just as I am yours.”
Icela gazed into the warrior’s dark eyes. Her lips parted in wonder. Was it possible? Could she keep him? There might be a way if…
“Do you trust me?” She asked in a husky, anxious voice.
“With my life,” the warrior replied.
“I love you,” she whispered as she drew in a deep breath of icy air. “I love you, my warrior.”
Sealing her lips to his, she breathed the icy air of her world into his lungs as her hand lay over his heart. She felt his body stiffen in shock, but he did not pull away from her. She continued to breathe into him until the ice crystals that made up her planet flowed through his blood, changing the blood cells flowing through his veins.
Her hand sent icy shards into his heart. As she continued to kiss him, she felt his body begin to stiffen for a different reason… his skin frosted with glittering crystals. His dark eyes closed as his body slowly began to harden and change.
Icela swayed as she released his blue-tinted lips. Fear poured through her at what she had just done. Would her warrior live? If he did, would he forgive her for what she had done to him?
Raising her hands, she cupped his cold, stiff cheeks between her trembling palms. Her thumbs tenderly stroked his cheek as she waited. Indecision tore at her as seconds turned to minutes. Just when she was about to give up, his body shuddered and he drew in a deep breath before his eyes opened to look down at her.
Icy, blue eyes stared back at her with confusion and wonder. He raised his hand to touch her face. As he traced her smooth skin, frost coated her cheek as his fingers slid down it. Surprise darkened his features as he turned his fingers to stare at the tips that sparkled with ice crystals.
“What?” The warrior breathed in awe.
“Together, forever,” Icela said, reaching for his hands and gripping them tightly between hers.
His hands tightened around hers. “Forever,” he murmured, sealing his lips to hers.
*.*.*
Frost glanced over his shoulder as the large golden mammal barked. He frowned when she barked again, then sat looking at him with an expectant look on her hairy face. He swore it looked like she was grinning at him. With a shrug, he turned his gaze back to Lacey.
His breath caught in his throat as a hint of pale skin was revealed when the white shirt she wore parted as she
“Why do you cry?” A voice asked softly.
Icela’s swirling form stared into the reflection of the mirrored surface of ice. Her eyes warmed and softened as the voice of her warrior reached out to wrap his husky voice around her. The sound filled the emptiness that threatened to destroy her and she reformed as the woman he knew.
“I thought my warrior had left me alone,” she answered quietly. “I could not bear the cold that I love so much after feeling his warmth wrap around me, melting the ice inside my heart.”
The warrior stepped closer so he could gently touch her shoulders. He slowly turned Icela until she could gaze up into his eyes and feel the warmth of his hands. Lowering his head, he kissed her with such passion that she was left gasping for breath.
“I could never leave you,” he whispered against her lips.
“You cannot stay,” Icela said with a shudder as she tried to turn from him. “Your body is not made for my world. It will slowly kill you. I… I cannot watch what I am drain the warmth from you.”
“I would rather have a few short weeks with you, than a lifetime without,” the warrior replied, refusing to let her turn away. He slid his fingers between her cold ones and lifted her hand to his mouth so he could press his warm lips to the back of them. “Together, for as long as we have. I have no other world to go to. Ours is gone. This is my world now, just as I am yours.”
Icela gazed into the warrior’s dark eyes. Her lips parted in wonder. Was it possible? Could she keep him? There might be a way if…
“Do you trust me?” She asked in a husky, anxious voice.
“With my life,” the warrior replied.
“I love you,” she whispered as she drew in a deep breath of icy air. “I love you, my warrior.”
Sealing her lips to his, she breathed the icy air of her world into his lungs as her hand lay over his heart. She felt his body stiffen in shock, but he did not pull away from her. She continued to breathe into him until the ice crystals that made up her planet flowed through his blood, changing the blood cells flowing through his veins.
Her hand sent icy shards into his heart. As she continued to kiss him, she felt his body begin to stiffen for a different reason… his skin frosted with glittering crystals. His dark eyes closed as his body slowly began to harden and change.
Icela swayed as she released his blue-tinted lips. Fear poured through her at what she had just done. Would her warrior live? If he did, would he forgive her for what she had done to him?
Raising her hands, she cupped his cold, stiff cheeks between her trembling palms. Her thumbs tenderly stroked his cheek as she waited. Indecision tore at her as seconds turned to minutes. Just when she was about to give up, his body shuddered and he drew in a deep breath before his eyes opened to look down at her.
Icy, blue eyes stared back at her with confusion and wonder. He raised his hand to touch her face. As he traced her smooth skin, frost coated her cheek as his fingers slid down it. Surprise darkened his features as he turned his fingers to stare at the tips that sparkled with ice crystals.
“What?” The warrior breathed in awe.
“Together, forever,” Icela said, reaching for his hands and gripping them tightly between hers.
His hands tightened around hers. “Forever,” he murmured, sealing his lips to hers.
*.*.*
Frost glanced over his shoulder as the large golden mammal barked. He frowned when she barked again, then sat looking at him with an expectant look on her hairy face. He swore it looked like she was grinning at him. With a shrug, he turned his gaze back to Lacey.
His breath caught in his throat as a hint of pale skin was revealed when the white shirt she wore parted as she
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