For a moment, like so many moments between them, there was silence. Tannow's dark hair framed his eyes as they kept locked with hers, unblinking and unwavering. Then suddenly his arms were fully around her and he embraced the fearful creature to him, letting her hear his steady heartbeat.<br/><br/>For a miniature eternity the two stayed this way, locked together in the quiet of the chamber. And then, finally, Tannow spoke. "No one feels the way you do," he said in almost a whisper, "I could never let you go."<br/><br/>And it was the sweetest lie he had ever told.