“He sipped his wine and swirled it in the goblet, wishing bitterly that he could close the distance to the little cover by the fire and be one of them again. Wishing he could remember the touch of Will’s hand, the press of Tom’s mouth, without tasting the enormous soft emptiness that threatened to open like black wings and enfold him.”
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“Something within Kit’s breast stirred with a pain like trapped and beating wings.”
“I could feel my blood rush towards my Master, towards his thirst, and my inevitable death.”
“It was a drunken labyrinth of a garden gone wild under the naked night.”
“I have it in my heart. It’s mine alone, this pain.”