Richard/Kahlan ღ

She always berkata she could hear the whispering of his heart, calling to hers in times of separation. Richard had never heard such a thing, and even considering the things he had been exposed to in the baru saja three years of his life, had taken it as only a way of her expressing her cinta for him. He never thought ones jantung could truly carry a message to another, until now.

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"The skies are growing dark, daylight's slowly getting shorter."

Tearing his eyes away from the blazing api in the pit before him, Richard turned his steely gray eyes up towards General Isaac, a deeply respected man...

He whispered her name, waking her from her dreams. Sitting up quickly, she turned to face him, afraid that something was wrong. His eyes were closed as he continued to sleep. Looking over him, she noticed one of his hands gripping at the grass, pulling the green from the ground. Reaching out to him, she laid her hand over his, trying to calm him, but he pulled harder, his body now pushing itself off of the ground as her name left his lips once more. Moving closer to him, Kahlan pulled the blanket from his body, replacing it with herself.

Resting her hand on his chest, she pressed her body against...