<div class="floatleft">(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/Jagwaar/shazadi12b_zpsbdi1kpro.jpg)</div><hr/><strong>Name:</strong>Shazadi<br/><strong>Race/Culture:</strong>Jinn-Blooded Bedu<br/><strong>Location:</strong>The Crimson Palace (con't from The Thirteen Monkeys)<br/><strong>Day/Time:</strong>Yaus al-Niwt (Day of Houses), Amt (first month) of Alak Paret (Harvest Season), Late Morning<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Rashid<br/><hr/><br/>“Heh.” Shazadi let a tiny smile transform her features as she sucked in a breath, even as the aftereffects of the Sight began to take hold of her body, causing her to tremble in his arms. But it wasn’t so severe as to cause her to miss the hurt in his eyes. “You always were a smart man, Rashid.” Her voice dropped to a soothing whisper. “But, you should know by now that I don’t have any control over when I See something. It’s not your fault.” She smiled again, hoping it would bring him comfort, but also because of his quiet promise, so freely given and so heartfelt. But that paled in comparison to what he said next.<br/><br/>Shazadi was mesmerized, transfixed by Rashid’s confession. It was simple, yet eloquent; full of emotion and poignant. He had held her in his heart this way for three long years. All this time, and she hadn’t even had a glimpse of this. She’d Seen nothing. But, as he spoke of himself, she suddenly wished that he could see himself the way she saw him. As the kind, loyal, generous, sensual and incredibly desirable man that he was. “Tied, no. But, cherished?<em>That</em>I could be,” she offered. “But that takes the right kind of man.” Her smile grew wry. “There was a night, a few years ago, I thought perhaps I had met such a man.”<br/><br/>He had more to say, words that she could only smile at. Trust Rashid to apologize for complimenting her. “<em>Oh, habibi</em>,” she breathed, reaching up take his cheek in her hand. Shazadi had no other words to offer in return. So she let her lips speak for her, pulling Rashid down and claiming his mouth in a tender kiss that quickly grew hot with the intensity of her desire to show him how she felt without saying a word.<br/>