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"Barristan..." she whispered excitedly, breath hitched in her chest. “I…”
"I’m sorry." he pulled his hand away as if he got burned, crushing her hope briefly. "Don't you think I'm a little... Too old? For you?" he said uncertainly, looking into the fire.
“No! Not at all!” She reassured him “I'm not as young as you may think, you know..." Kartherine exhaled shamefully and untied the bandana covering her face, and did the same with the one covering her thinning black hair. "Please... Don't…” Her voice cracked. “Don’t back out now that you've already stolen my heart..."
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In the midst of a fierce battle, the antiquarian realises she's falling, quickly and painfully hard, for the charming man-at-arms, who saved the day with his mace and stole her heart in the process.