As he folded his robes, he lied gently to her about his tastes. (Shunsui would back him up if it should ever prove necessary.) But, he finished, she should share his bed for the night, so that nobody would have any reason to comment.
She slept turned away from him, huddled in on herself. Partway through the night, he woke to find her weeping in her sleep, ice frosting on her lashes.
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