You were dancing with Yuki and I looked at you. And you turned away and held her closer. Why did you do that? If you didn't want to hurt me, then why?" He looked away, as though he'd been slapped, but he didn't look guilty. He looked pained. "I closed my eyes, " he said, his voice so low and strangled she could hardly hear him." What?" she asked, not understanding." Tamani held up a hand and Laurel realized he hadn't finished-he was having trouble speaking at all. "I closed my eyes, " he repeated after a few shallow breaths, "and imagined she was you." He looked at her, his face open, his eyes honest, his voice a song of anguish. Aprilynne Pike
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He held up a hand and Laurel realized he hadn't finished-he was having trouble speaking at all. "I closed my eyes," he repeated after a few shallow breaths, "and imagined she was you." He held up his other hand and Laurel realized he wasn't finished-he was having trouble speaking at all. He closed his eyes and imagined her. The idea of him closing his eyes and imagining her was strange enough, but this was Tamani, so strange things were not beyond him. But this wasn't the strange thing-it was the fact that he had closed his eyes and imagined her.

Source: Illusions

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