"I regret, Valarie. I really wanted to help you, and you cannot imagine how I have suffered too since I kept allowing you to suffer," he said with regret laden in his tone."Exactly, you did nothing. And you can't do anything for me, Arthur, until you and I are stuck in this dark world." Her voice dropped to a whisper, and she said, "The one I knew, who was my best friend, my savior, my first love... was Alastair. But you are Arthur."Arthur's eyes travelled over Valarie's face, and he knew that she knew. The world knew him as Arthur, but to Valarie, he would always be Alastair.Arthur's face betrayed nothing, but his eyes gave it all away. He imagined David meeting Valarie. He thought he met Valarie for the first time in his life, not knowing that Valarie, in any world, would already understand him and know what, precisely, he was feeling."Valarie..." He took a step closer, his voice low and husky.Arthur's hands cradled Valarie's face, and his thumbs traced the polities of her cheek
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