Resentments

"Do not tell me it was a suicide wish." she felt the teasing in his voice and a smile came on her face too as she shook her head.

"But I never thought that you would come looking for me. The way you have left me." her hold on her dress tightened. "I thought no one would come to look for me." The desperation and pain in her voice touched him with surprise. He met her eyes and noticed the helplessness in them. She must have called for help. Did she call for him? Or she had been sure that he would not offer her help.

She thought he was a beast. And who was at fault for that? He had made sure that he was the beast everyone feared.

"I would never leave someone dying." he whispered. Not sure if she would trust him. He still did and found a flicker of surprise in her eyes.