[ It is not so simple as simply freeing one's self from the influence of the dark master, the one who lures and seduces and tempts with promises that you will be treasured and worshipped in a way that your God cannot; she'd fought the spell of his power countless times but given in to it even more when he'd come to her in familiar forms and whispered words of desire and love, promising to devote himself to her always.
Of course, he is equally talented at deception, and she cannot determine if she feels more of a sympathy or an understanding — or perhaps even closer to a relief at the notion that Lilith had too been manipulated as she had, even if it had taken her slipping out from beneath his clutches to truly understand how she'd been misled.
And her hand smooths over Lilith's in silent acknowledgment for what she's experienced, so similar to her own history. ]
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Of course, he is equally talented at deception, and she cannot determine if she feels more of a sympathy or an understanding — or perhaps even closer to a relief at the notion that Lilith had too been manipulated as she had, even if it had taken her slipping out from beneath his clutches to truly understand how she'd been misled.
And her hand smooths over Lilith's in silent acknowledgment for what she's experienced, so similar to her own history. ]
But he isn't here, is he?