I know you do. It is one of the many things I like about you.
[He can see the way her hands tremble all the more, quaking more noticeably in his grasp. Lestat runs his thumbs in slow sweeps over her wrists, trying for something like reassurance, any attempt at something that might ease her worries.
He does not push back against her threats to Louis. Partly because he'd expect nothing less from her if anyone harmed him -- yet another thing he liked about her, her easy and`unblinking ferocity. And partly because he did truly believe things were different now -- if he protested, it would look as though he didn't think Louis had truly changed.
At her other question, he takes one of her hands in his, bringing it up to press a kiss to her knuckles. Looking her square in the eye, he says:]
I am not going to toss you aside, cher. You are my submissive and I intend to keep our bond together as we always have. I do not want to lose you either.
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[He can see the way her hands tremble all the more, quaking more noticeably in his grasp. Lestat runs his thumbs in slow sweeps over her wrists, trying for something like reassurance, any attempt at something that might ease her worries.
He does not push back against her threats to Louis. Partly because he'd expect nothing less from her if anyone harmed him -- yet another thing he liked about her, her easy and`unblinking ferocity. And partly because he did truly believe things were different now -- if he protested, it would look as though he didn't think Louis had truly changed.
At her other question, he takes one of her hands in his, bringing it up to press a kiss to her knuckles. Looking her square in the eye, he says:]
I am not going to toss you aside, cher. You are my submissive and I intend to keep our bond together as we always have. I do not want to lose you either.