You're scared, aren't you?" Demetri asks, leaning against the wall.
"No. Why would I be?" Heidi answers, lying across the bed, her voice uneasy.
"Yes, wewe are." Demetri tries again, looking back into the hall, before coming into the room and shutting the door.
"We will get caught!" She growls, before he saunters over, placing a gentle kiss to her forehead.
"So, I upendo you, wewe upendo me, Aro can't deny us that."
***
"I'm not scared of wewe Mister." A six year-old Heidi scowls at the man on her window ledge.
"Oh, but wewe are, I have heard your tears."
"The bombs." She sniffs, padding over to him,...
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