The Veil of Darkness

Annalise stared wide-eyed with her fingers tightly clutching the window sill as she felt Kenric’s lips pressed against hers. This was not what she was expecting him to do. The man let one of his hands rest against her nape as he pulled her face closer to deepen the kiss while his other hand came to rest against one of hers. His hand took hold of hers before he entangled their fingers together, causing their moon threads to be pressed together.

It happened just as suddenly as the kiss, a warm energy emerged between their pressed palms and entered her hand, traveling down to her wrist before spreading to her entire body. She felt her own powers reacting to his fire and then she finally felt it - a connection settling between their moon threads.

He kissed her for a few more seconds before finally pulling away. The smile on his lips had her turning even redder than she already was because of the kiss.

She watched as he brought her wrist closer to his mouth and placed a kiss against the moon thread, his lips were like a soft feather against her skin.

She took in a deep breath as she tried not to show just how much his touch affected her and her body. There were two more sets of eyes watching them, after all.

"This is really a good idea. Not only it will create a link between the two of us but my fire energy will also keep you warm and safe from this cold." Kenric said proudly as he gave a little squeeze on her fingers before finally letting go of her hand and stepping aside.

She watched as Valerius approached her next, his smile and eyes both carrying warmth unlike the ice that he controlled.

"Was that really necessary?" She asked in a low voice when he was standing right at the place where Kenric was just a moment ago, knowing fully well that the others could still hear her clearly considering their enhanced hearing.