In the distance, music had picked up anew, and the party had returned to full swing, punctuated by even more laughter as people discovered one another now without the delicious safety of their masks; the laughter and music felt like the world was leveling a taunt at them, as they curled miserably into each others arms.<br/><br/>Until he said that.<br/><br/>Slowly she lifted her head, lips parted and trembling as the import of what he suggested sunk in; it was true. What was unknown could not be forbidden, and if they could divine a way to seek each other out, they might do so.<br/><br/>"No... they cannot." Her face was close enough to his, as her gaze searched his, that her breath puffed softly against his skin, and she ached to close that gap again, to kiss and be kissed once more. "Summer arcs now and will draw closed soon... in two weeks time, my family will be moving from our summer home into our city estate. Perhaps I can convince my father to let me travel in advance," she mused slowly, trying to figure out how and when they might manage to meet him in secret.