_Haven
For those who yearn for Phileo love but have not yet experienced it, I dedicate my stories to you. ~There will always be a character or two in my books with a sweet tooth as vigorous as mine š¬š«¶š¼~
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_Haven22dReplied to LivChaninRereading these older chapters has my heart overflowing with love for them both š„°!!
If you were merchandise, you'd be invaluable, dove, and I would keep you forever.Ā- _Haven22dReplied to LivChanin
āTo be loved is to be known.ā GOSH I just LOVE that quote. I try to demonstrate it all throughout the story! Youāll notice how perceptive Hael is of Reyin
I felt the weight of his gaze on me while I cooked our fish over the fire. When I turned to catch him, he looked away, finding interest in his nails. He'd always had nice, soft hands. They were smaller than mine now, his fingers short and slender, his palms thin and supple. His nails were the same pearlescent oval that sparkled beneath any touch of light. And still, his knuckles tended to blush with the flush of his cheeks and ears.Ā - _Haven22dReplied to LivChanin
Omg šŖšŖ!!! I had no doubt you would figure it out before we reached this point!!! Also, I can just imagine Hael contemplating if he shouldāve gone back to āfinish the jobā šš.
I wasn't a good person, and after I delivered him out of reach of the Rhed organization and his familyāwho were all very unfortunately still aliveāhe would never have to see me again.Ā - _Haven22dReplied to LivChanin
It really hurts my heart because he doesnāt find himself worth living for. His purpose is entirely in others and not himself :(.
And I hated myself, too. - _Haven22dReplied to LivChanin
Thank you!! There a few lines in this chapter that will become even more significant toward the end of this story!!
But he did not remember me like how I remembered him. - _Haven22dReplied to LivChanin
I was getting creative š
He didn't remember how I would call him dove because of the creative way his lips curved and how his ash-blonde hair flew freely whenever the wind came. And how he would call me flower because he'd loved them, and I used to be as delicate as one back then. Even as I had been practically three years older, I'd been smaller than him. - _Haven22dReplied to LivChanin
Thank you so much!!! Hael is in a constant state of pining for Reyin š„¹.
I was not in his memories like how he consumed mine.Ā - _Haven30dReplied to Quentin_ikanuReal men didn't bleed.
- _Haven1mthReplied to ZhangLongFeiCh 19 Love Me/Leave Me Be || Hael
- _Haven1mthReplied to LivChaninCh 1 And The Scarlet Blooms || Reyin
- _Haven1mthReplied to LivChanin
HAHA! And that length is so much easier to sustain in the long run! I tend to write long chapters (4K-6k words) and divide them into smaller Webnovel chapters, but sometimes the cut off is awkward and I end up having to edit nearly a 3k word chapter š.
Ch 6 Tending To The Prince (2/2) || Reyin - _Haven1mthReplied to LivChanin
I was definitely sobbing here. š
Hael regained himself, his gaze returning to the fish he carved. And quietly, his voice danced across the wind. "I haven't forgotten." - _Haven1mthReplied to LivChanin
Oh gosh, Haelās second POV chapter is going to break your heart. Iām just preparing you now š„ŗ.
Decently comfortable on the bed now, I looked over to find Hael staring at me, something about my words sending him into a distant headspace. His gaze was blank, unfocused on me, and there it was again. That innocent look to him. And for some reason, it contained my heart in a life-threatening hold. It was too familiar. I felt a clawing in my chest as I watched him.Ā - _Haven1mthReplied to LivChanin
It scratched my brain the best way when I could finally write Reyin learning the truthā¦well, part of it anyway š„².
I tensed my jaw, making my way over to it. Courage spread through me under the cover of his fondness for me, enough that I could say, "Please don't speak like that. Like we're intimate. We aren't friends, Hael. To me, you are only the man who murdered my family and stole my home away from me. Or have you already forgotten how evil you are?" - _Haven1mthReplied to LivChanin
At this point, Iāll just risk my life and do it because Reyin is taking TOO LONG.
"You can admit you're impressed," Hael said, and it startled me that he was smirking. His gaze held me, his dangerously dark hair daring to swoop low and hide it from me. - _Haven1mthReplied to LivChaninThey prompted a fond and warm memory of a childhood friend I'd had who would try finishing with his bare hands. As children, we couldn't have afforded fishing rods, and our fathers would not allow us to use theirs without supervision. So, my beloved friend would wade into the deep lake water beside our neighboring homes and try to capture fish with his bare hands for dinner. They would slip out of his small grasp, and he'd send me that helpless, adorable look that had me following him into the water. But I hadn't been any more skillful than him, even though my hands had been slightly larger.Ā
- _Haven1mthReplied to LivChanin
LOLOL Sometimes I forget to have realism and I thought, a bear would be an accurate thing to discover in the forest, right? Speaking of bear, that part is a little bit of foreshadowing š.
Hael's gaze was a torch to my skin, light acknowledging all my blemishes and heat melting away my existence. He said nothing and walked off, but not before handing me a pouch of water. I didn't know where he'd gone off to, but eventually, he'd been gone for long enough that I began to worry my attitude had irritated him enough to abandon me here for another rogue to find me or a bear to devour me.Ā - _Haven1mthReplied to LivChaninHael only looked at me, his eyes falling to my neck and lingering. There was a scar there, too, from my time in the village. I had gotten into many fights as a boy, protecting those who couldn't stand up for themselves. Most of the individuals I'd challenged were wealthy children from the inner cities who'd wanted someone to pick on. And they hadn't fought fair.
- _Haven1mthReplied to LivChanin
Great question! I wish he wasnāt so afraid of genuine helping and loving hands. Itās been a while. And even though Reyin tends to trust easily, heās skeptical of something like that š.
It was wrong to provoke him. To provoke anyone. But anxiety was running rampant in my chest as I waited for this nice facade of his to end. I needed him to show me the apathetic villain he was beneath this, and the sooner I pulled his true character to the surface, the easier it would be to hate him.Ā - _Haven1mthReplied to LivChanin
Omg!! Thereās an insane plot twist in this story, and part of the reason Hael is the way he is is because of that!! (āinsaneā might be reaching, but Iād say itās pretty big š )
Hael's eyes lingered on my stomach for moments too long, and I fought the prickly urge to close my garmentsānot wanting him to know his gaze affected me. Eventually, he did look into my eyes, and I wasn't sure which was worse: holding the attention of a murderer or making eye contact with him.