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</div></div><br/><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">"Aries..." Luca breathed the other's name. Was he piecing it together correctly? Aries had been changed into a vampire, killed his vampirian host and then... killed his brother. Luca's heart wrenched. The closest he could imagine was being the one to have killed his lover those years ago. And that was a pain he knew he couldn't contend with. "Aries. You were just turned, you didn't have control," Luca tried and moved so he was sitting upright. The medicine and rest had helped tremendously but he was still a touch tired and he could feel a headache coming back. Taking a slow breath, he shifted so his legs were off the side of the bed and reached for Aries. "The one who turned you is the one to blame and doesn't deserve forgiveness. But you. You do deserve it. And if it takes me forever to convince you of that, then so be it," Luca stated firmly. "It's not your fault. None of it was." He hoped the words helped, it was better than nothing. Luca tried to think of a way to better convince the vampire.<br/>
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Luca looked the vampire over in the dim room. Leaning over he brought Aries chair closer to him and gently moved Aries' arms so he could look at the vampire properly. "Hey. I forgive you," Luca said softly. He reached out to run his fingers across Aries' face, trailing lightly into his red hair and brushing it back. He found himself closer to the vampire before he realized it, his touch lingering longer than usual as he gazed at the other. Luca leaned in closer, hair touching the other's face and hovering right in front of his mouth. He could feel Aries' breath, feather-soft against him. "I forgive you," he repeated. Luca pulled Aries close, and pressed a gentle kiss against the vampire's lips.</span>