"My job," Liliana rasped, and grabbed him right back. "Greatest...necromancer..."
He could figure out the rest. She was holding him to his promise, greedily pulling at his life force to replenish her own. Second after second, drop by drop, she drained his living essence from him, feeling her flesh reknit, her blood replenish, her heart return to its steady beat.
His vitality streamed into her like a thundering river and she drank deeply of it. She could keep this up until he died. Had half a mind to. She was still weak. Still hurting. It would be so easy to just let herself fall into it and not stop until he was dry.
She stopped, wrenching herself away from him. Her wounds were closed but the markings still livid. Her heart was fine but her breathing was still shaky. She needed more, but she'd live now and that was enough.
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He could figure out the rest. She was holding him to his promise, greedily pulling at his life force to replenish her own. Second after second, drop by drop, she drained his living essence from him, feeling her flesh reknit, her blood replenish, her heart return to its steady beat.
His vitality streamed into her like a thundering river and she drank deeply of it. She could keep this up until he died. Had half a mind to. She was still weak. Still hurting. It would be so easy to just let herself fall into it and not stop until he was dry.
She stopped, wrenching herself away from him. Her wounds were closed but the markings still livid. Her heart was fine but her breathing was still shaky. She needed more, but she'd live now and that was enough.