It took her by surprise to feel him wrapping his arms around her. She shuddered at his heat, the blistering warmth that washed away the cold that she'd been feeling through her body. Though she wanted to wrap her arms around him as well, the fear that she could accidentally unleash that pain upon him again was too great and so she kept curled on herself. She couldn't believe it had hurt him. Her desire for him to be freed had hurt the man she was in love with. How was that even possible?!
"I did hurt you," she huffed under her breath, not believing him at all as he tried to tell her that she hadn't hurt him. Of course it had hurt him, she'd seen the pain written all on his face when it had happened.
However, it was the last part of his speech that had her blanching in response, losing all color to her face. With a sob, she shook her head violently, "Why!? Why would I hate you?!" taking in sharp, shuddering breathes, she pulled up so she could face him, wiggling her way through his arms to look up at his face, "Why? If anyone should hate anyone it should be you! You should hate me for making you go through such pain! Yet... Yet you're asking me not to hate you?"
Though her tears still streamed, Tavyna's voice was a bit stronger than before, "You... You don't make any sense. Ever," she said, a hiccup slowly working it's way into her speech.