Wishes and Falling Snow by HelevornArt on DeviantArt (original) (raw)
~ Wishes and Falling Snow ~
I fastened my arms around her fur-clad shoulders, my fingers playing in her curls strewn with frozen stars. She rested her palms and chin on my chest and smiled that mischievous smile of hers, squinting her eyes:
“I could've had you long ago, Aidan. As your master, I could make you mine at my whim.”
“Yes," I smirk, "beaten into submission and with a knife at my throat – I remember you saying it once to your friends. Such bestial desire you had for me!"
"Ah, you heard!" she gaped and slapped my chest in disbelief, bursting into laughter; her cheeks, red from the cold, now turned even redder. "I thought you couldn't understand our language well enough! Otherwise, I would've been more cautious around you..."
“What good is being a thrall if you can't listen in on your masters' secrets unnoticed? Don't flatter yourself, though, I hated you fiercely back then.”
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Aidan and Rannveig, in one of those few moments when they are together, happy and in love. This takes place some time in the future, when Aidan is no longer a slave. Their relationship and its evolution throughout the novel is complicated: Rannveig (though otherwise more temperamental and outspoken) tries to keep her feelings for Aidan in check; Aidan is more than ready to get involved completely, but expects the same kind of involvement from her.
This was meant as a Valentine's Day piece, but it turned out much more time-consuming than I had anticipated (it's A3 in size, I swear I'll never make acrylic portraits that big 
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Media: acrylics on A3 paper
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