<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">Lucian was quiet for a moment, processing what he had heard. Then his face broke out into a big smile and he put his hand over Alexi’s on his chest. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“The last time i felt happier than this...was when i was a human. It has been close to 600 years since I have felt anything like what i feel for you, and for your sister.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff"> His hand, which had stopped stroking Alexi’s hair to let him think, resumed running itself through his hair, playing with it as they talked.</span>