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skin and the clean air in her lungs, and then slowly opened her eyes, no longer able to hold back her curiosity about the world that surrounded her.
It was beautiful.
A verdant valley right out of a fantasy novel.
Lush green hills rolled downwards from where she stood, leading to a river that twinkled as it snaked through the valley. On the other side of it, mountains rose up, covered in thick forest at their bases but capped with snow on top. The azure sky was impossibly rich, a breathtaking contrast against the rugged white peaks.
The range stretched for miles in both directions before giving way to green hills that poked out from the thick woods.
Below her on the hills, long meadow grass grew, spotted with colourful flowers, creating a beautiful barrier between her and the river.
Nina took everything in again, struggling to make herself believe it. The whole scene looked impossible. Like a dream. It didn’t seem real.
Was it even possible for the sun to feel so hot on her skin and everything around her to be so green when snow covered the higher ground?
She had never seen anything like it.
Nina walked forwards, entranced by the valley, her fear falling away. Peace flowed through her, a calm that ran as deep as her bones and made her never want to leave. It was wonderful. Incredible. She felt liberated.
A laugh bubbled from her lips, her smile stretching wider as her eyes darted over everything again.
That laughter died when she turned back to Lucifer, expecting to find him standing in the valley with her, the same joy she felt inside her painted on his handsome face.
He stood in the tunnel, swathed in darkness, a sorrowful edge to his eyes.
“What are you waiting for?” Nina rushed out, her smile coming back to the fore as she held her hand out to him. “It’s amazing. The sun is so warm. You have to feel it.”
His sensual lips twitched but he didn’t smile. He didn’t speak. He raised his hand, holding her gaze the whole time, and held it out with his palm facing her.
His flesh compressed, as if he had placed his hand against glass and pushed.
Nina’s smile faded again, a frown replacing it. She didn’t understand. She moved back to him, the valley forgotten as she tried to comprehend what was happening. Her eyes searched his but they didn’t give her the answers she desired. Was she trapped in this valley now, separated from him by a glass barrier?
Was that the reason he had said that only she would be allowed here?
That panicked her and she reached out to touch the glass.
A gasp escaped her when her hand pressed against his, nothing keeping them apart, and she snatched it back.
“I don’t understand,” she whispered and clutched her hand to her chest, frowning at him.
He looked down at his feet and then slowly lifted his gaze back to hers, the pain in them catching her breath in her throat and making her ache to reach out and pull him through the invisible barrier somehow.
“I told you,” he said, his voice cold but edged with sorrow.
He looked beyond her, a brief glance that tore at her heart and had her reaching for him.
He stepped back, the darkness closing in around him as if embracing him, and shook his head.
“Only you can enter this place.”
Nina stared at Lucifer, his words ringing in her mind. She looked over her shoulder at the beautiful valley and then back at him, and it struck her that he wanted to enter it. There was longing in his golden eyes, a need that seemed deep, as deep as her desire to have him explore this strange new world with her.
“Have you ever set foot in this place?” She held his gaze when his eyes dropped to her again.
He shook his head. “I cannot.”
That wasn’t the whole truth. She could see it in his eyes. He had been in this valley but now it was forbidden to him for some reason. She needed to know that reason, but she didn’t want to hurt him, and she knew that pushing him to answer would pain him.
He was already suffering
It was beautiful.
A verdant valley right out of a fantasy novel.
Lush green hills rolled downwards from where she stood, leading to a river that twinkled as it snaked through the valley. On the other side of it, mountains rose up, covered in thick forest at their bases but capped with snow on top. The azure sky was impossibly rich, a breathtaking contrast against the rugged white peaks.
The range stretched for miles in both directions before giving way to green hills that poked out from the thick woods.
Below her on the hills, long meadow grass grew, spotted with colourful flowers, creating a beautiful barrier between her and the river.
Nina took everything in again, struggling to make herself believe it. The whole scene looked impossible. Like a dream. It didn’t seem real.
Was it even possible for the sun to feel so hot on her skin and everything around her to be so green when snow covered the higher ground?
She had never seen anything like it.
Nina walked forwards, entranced by the valley, her fear falling away. Peace flowed through her, a calm that ran as deep as her bones and made her never want to leave. It was wonderful. Incredible. She felt liberated.
A laugh bubbled from her lips, her smile stretching wider as her eyes darted over everything again.
That laughter died when she turned back to Lucifer, expecting to find him standing in the valley with her, the same joy she felt inside her painted on his handsome face.
He stood in the tunnel, swathed in darkness, a sorrowful edge to his eyes.
“What are you waiting for?” Nina rushed out, her smile coming back to the fore as she held her hand out to him. “It’s amazing. The sun is so warm. You have to feel it.”
His sensual lips twitched but he didn’t smile. He didn’t speak. He raised his hand, holding her gaze the whole time, and held it out with his palm facing her.
His flesh compressed, as if he had placed his hand against glass and pushed.
Nina’s smile faded again, a frown replacing it. She didn’t understand. She moved back to him, the valley forgotten as she tried to comprehend what was happening. Her eyes searched his but they didn’t give her the answers she desired. Was she trapped in this valley now, separated from him by a glass barrier?
Was that the reason he had said that only she would be allowed here?
That panicked her and she reached out to touch the glass.
A gasp escaped her when her hand pressed against his, nothing keeping them apart, and she snatched it back.
“I don’t understand,” she whispered and clutched her hand to her chest, frowning at him.
He looked down at his feet and then slowly lifted his gaze back to hers, the pain in them catching her breath in her throat and making her ache to reach out and pull him through the invisible barrier somehow.
“I told you,” he said, his voice cold but edged with sorrow.
He looked beyond her, a brief glance that tore at her heart and had her reaching for him.
He stepped back, the darkness closing in around him as if embracing him, and shook his head.
“Only you can enter this place.”
Nina stared at Lucifer, his words ringing in her mind. She looked over her shoulder at the beautiful valley and then back at him, and it struck her that he wanted to enter it. There was longing in his golden eyes, a need that seemed deep, as deep as her desire to have him explore this strange new world with her.
“Have you ever set foot in this place?” She held his gaze when his eyes dropped to her again.
He shook his head. “I cannot.”
That wasn’t the whole truth. She could see it in his eyes. He had been in this valley but now it was forbidden to him for some reason. She needed to know that reason, but she didn’t want to hurt him, and she knew that pushing him to answer would pain him.
He was already suffering
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