The Lies Behind Silence and Darkness
All that remained was the truth of his seeing eyes and her speaking voice, and the terrifying, beautiful fact that in this steel vault, at the end of the world they knew, they only had each other.
“The secret…” he started, pulling back slightly, the practical world intruding.
Story put a finger to his lips, silencing him. She shook her head slowly. Then, she reached down, picked up the discarded satin blindfold. She didn’t hand it to him. She simply held it, her gaze holding his, a question and an answer in one.
He looked at the strip of silk, then back at her fierce, understanding eyes. He gave a single, slow nod.
The secret would keep. For now. For them. But between them, in this vault, it