Two arms pull me close to a warm chest, one of them wraps around my back, the other strokes my hair. I feel myself stiffen to refrain from holding him like dear life."The world isn't always right, Elizabeth." Sebastian's voice caresses my ears. "Those men knew that they might never come back from this Hunt.""It's not fair to the people who loved them," I whisper, closing my eyes, something wet and warm trickles down my cheeks. "What about their mates? Their children? Was it their fault that this Hunt is a bitch?""No," his callous fingers brush against my cheek, the action oddly comforting. "But we cannot cage the ones we love, just to keep them safe."I let out a shaky breath, out of their own volition, my arms snake around him, holding him tightly. I notice him tense, his own hold on me tightens. "Its not fair.""Life is not fair.""I wish it was," a child's wish, a fruitless thought but awfully alluring. "Many wish so," Sebastian says, his heart beats a rhythm in my ears, calm,
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