He saw it - The shattering of a mirror behind glassy optics, the destruction of a childish and useless mentality. It was as a brief wound - Deeply painful, dramatically altering. But he genuinely believed that, as with any wound, it served a purpose - A lesson. She would learn from the pain she felt to shut it off and store it away, to maintain steely command over such futile aches as the ones that came from the heart. This was how he taught; Cruelly, perhaps, but with purpose. There was always purpose in his madness, in his genius. Always.
The girl moved into his embrace, but her body was sullen and frozen, stiff as it sought to reject the infection that his sentiments had caused. He would allow her this vulnerability, this moment to show him her weakness; Although the monarch openly despised such displays in public, privacy was for allowing them to seep through, so that they didn't build up and form barriers that would mar, and eventually destroy, a mortal mind. Her vulnerability appealed to him in a strange, uncomfortable way - She was surprisingly feminine within his grasp, and her pleading gaze hinted at an adult allure that had yet to fully bloom forth. It, along with her heavy hormonal scent, was enough to momentarily daze him.
Her question hung a moment in the air, and those serpentine eyes dilated as his tongue ran over sharp yellowed teeth. "No, Salvia," Came the rumbling reply, oozing from a place deep within his chest where the King's heart should have been. "So long as you are true to me, so long as you are faithful, I will never replace you," Perhaps it was a lie, but it felt like truth. So long as he could find no dissent within her, no rebellion or danger at his weapon being turned upon him, Sirius would always value the blooming Tigress. He had put enough effort and time into her to ensure that - She was his private project, his favored pupil, and this she would most probably remain.
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