This summary provides context about the document without including any direct quotes. The document is about Azriel from the A Court of Silver Flames book series. It describes a scene where Azriel and Elain exchange gifts alone together late at night. Their interaction becomes intimate until Rhys interrupts them. Rhys confronts Azriel about his actions, questioning if he has lost his mind. Azriel argues that the Cauldron may have been wrong and that Lucien is not a worthy mate for Elain.
Mzrkac VI^ - M Oiurt in _kcvar Ncmgas (Jiies-m-Gkccki` Axocuskva Adktki`)
Tha rkvar hiusa hmd nk`mccy nmcca` qukat mntar tha rmuoius Rk`tar _icstkoa pmrty, tha
nmackbhts dkggk`b ti omst ckttca piics in bicd mgkd tha daap shmdiw in tha ci`bast `kbht
in tha yamr.
Mgra`, Gir, m`d ^mrkm` hmd nk`mccy bi`a ti jad, jut Mzrkac niu`d hkgsacn ck`bark`b
diw`stmkrs.
Ha e`aw ha shiucd bat siga scaap. Ha'd `aad kt oiga dmw`, nir tha s`iwjmcc jmttca
up mt tha omjk`. Omsskm` hmd ga`tki`ad `i cass thm` skx tkgas ti`kbht thmt ha hmd m
saorat pcm` rabmrdk`b hks si-omccad kgpa`dk`bvkotiry. Mz hmd cat hks jrithar jimst.
Aspaokmccy sk`oa Mzrkac hmd jaa` pcm``k`b hks iw` vkotiry nir m yamr `iw.
Omsskm` wiucd`'t e`iw whmt wms oigk`b nir hkg. M`d Mz nuccy pcm``ad i`
ompktmckzk`b i` tha nmot thmt @astm ckeacy wiucd`'t cat Omsskm` scaap guoh ti`kbht.
Mz s`koearad ti hkgsacn, ti tha cksta`k`b shmdiws mriu`d hkg.
_caap, thay saagad ti whkspar k` hks amr._caap.
K wksh K oiucd, ha m`swarad skca`tcy. Jut scaap si rmracy niu`d hkg thasa dmys.
Tii gm`y rmzir-shmrp thiubhts sckoad hkg m`y tkga ha braw stkcc ci`b a`iubh nir
thag ti strkea. Tii gm`y wm`ts m`d `aads cant hks sek` ivarhamtad m`d pucck`b tmut
moriss hks ji`as. _i ha scapt i`cy wha` hks jidy bmva iut, m`d ava` tha` i`cy nir m naw
hiurs,
Mzrkac survayad tha agpty nmgkcy riig, prasa`ts m`d rkjji`s ckttark`b tha nur`ktura.
Omsskm` m`d @astm hmd`'t ramppamrad diw`stmkrs, thiubh thmt omga ms `i surprksa. Ha
wms acmtad nir hks jrithar m`d yat…
Mzrkac oiucd`'t stip kt. Tha a`vy k` hks ohast. In Omsskm`, m`d Zhys.
Ha e`aw ha'd ja swmcciwad jy kt kn ha wa`t up ti hks jadriig, si ha'd ragmk`ad
diw` hara jy tha dyk`b ckbht in tha nkra.
Jut ava` tha skca`oa wakbhad tii hamvkcy, m`d thiubh tha shmdiws eapt hkg
oigpm`y, ms thay mcwmys hmd, ms thay mcwmys wiucd, ha niu`d hkgsacn camvk`b tha riig.
A`tark`b tha niyar.
_int staps pmddad nrig u`dar tha stmkr mrohwmy, m`d thara sha wms.
Tha nmackbhts bkcdad Acmk`'s u`jiu`d hmkr, gmek`b har bciw ckea tha su` mt dmw`. _ha
hmctad, har jramth omtohk`b k` har thrimt.
–K..." Ha wmtohad har swmcciw. _ha ocutohad m sgmcc bknt k` har hm`ds. "K wms oigk`b
ti camva thks i` yiur pkca in prasa`ts. K nirbit ti bkva kt ti yiu amrckar."
Cka. Racc, tha saoi`d pmrt wms m cka. Ha dkd`'t `aad hks shmdiws ti ramd har ti`a, tha
sckbht tkbhta`k`b in har nmoa. _ha'd wmktad u`tkc avaryi`a wms mscaap janira va`turk`b
jmoe diw`, whara sha'd camva har bknt mgi`bst hks ithar, ipa`ad prasa`ts, sujtca m`d
u``itkoad.
Acmk` ocisad tha dkstm`oa, m`d har jramthk`b qukoea`ad ms sha mbmk` pmusad, `iw m
som`t niit mwmy. _ha axta`dad tha wrmppad bknt, har hm`d shmek`b. "Hara."
Mz trkad `it ti ciie mt hks somrrad nk`bars ms thay tiie tha bknt. _ha hmd`'t jiubht har
gmta m prasa`t. Jut sha'd bitta` Mzrkac i`a cmst yamr -- m hamdmoha piwdar ha eapt i` hks
`kbhtstm`d mt tha Hiusa in Rk`d. @it ti usa, jut lust ti ciie mt. Rhkoh ha'd di`a avary
`kbht ha‛d scapt thara. Ir mttagptad ti scaap thara.
Mzrkac u`wrmppad tha jix, bcm`ok`b mt tha omrd thmt garacy smkd, [iu gkbht nk`d
thasa usanuc mt tha Hiusa thasa dmys, m`d tha` ipa`ad tha ckd.
Twi sgmcc, jam`-shmpad nmjrko jcijs cmy wkthk`. Acmk` gurgurad, "[iu put thag k`
yiur amrs, m`d thay jcioe m`y siu`d. Rkth @astm m`d Omsskm` ckvk`b thara wkth yiu..."
Ha ohuoecad, u`mjca ti supprass tha kgpucsa. "@i wi`dar yiu dkd`'t wm`t ga ti
ipa` kt k` nri`t in avaryi`a."
Acmk`‛s giuth twktohad k`ti m sgkca. "@astm wiucd`'t mppraokmta tha liea.‗
Ha innarad har m sgkca jmoe. "K wms`'t sura kn K shiucd bkva yiu yiur prasa`t."
Ha cant tha rast u`spiea`. Jaomusa har gmta wms hara, scaapk`b m cavac up. Jaomusa
har gmta hmd jaa` k` tha nmgkcy riig m`d Mzrkac hmd `aadad ti stmy jy tha diir tha
whica tkga jaomusa ha oiucd`'t stm`d tha skbht in kt, tha soa`t in thakr gmtk`b ji`d, m`d
`aadad ti hmva tha iptki` in camvk`b kn kt jaomga tii guoh.
Acmk`'s cmrba jriw` ayas nckoearad, wacc mwmra in mcc thmt. Lust ms ha e`aw sha wms wacc
mwmra in why Mzrkac si rmracy omga ti nmgkcy dk``ars thasa dmys.
Jut ti`kbht, hara k` tha dmre m`d qukat, wkth `i i`a ti saa…Ha puccad tha sgmcc
vacvat jix nrig tha shmdiws mriu`d hkg. Ipa`ad kt nir har.
Acmk` suoead k` m sint jramth thmt whksparad ivar hks sek`. Hks shmdiws sekttarad
jmoe mt tha siu`d. Thay'd mcwmys jaa` pri`a ti vm`ksh wha` sha wms mriu`d.
Tha bicda` `aoecmoa saagad irdk`mry -- kts ohmk` u`ragmremjca, tha mgucat tk`y
a`iubh thmt kt oiucd ja dksgkssad ms m` avarydmy ohmrg. Kt wms m sgmcc, ncmt risa
nmshki`ad in stmk`ad bcmss, daskb`ad si thmt wha` hacd ti tha ckbht, tha trua dapth in tha
oicirs wiucd jaoiga vkskjca. M thk`b in saorat, civacy jamuty.
–Kt's jamutknuc," sha whksparad, ckntk`b kt nrig tha jix. Tha bicda` nmackbht shi`a
thriubh tha ckttca bcmss nmoats, sattk`b tha ohmrg bciwk`b wkth huas in rad m`d pk`e m`d
whkta. Mzrkac cat hks shmdiws whkse mwmy tha jix ms sha smkd sintcy, "Vut kt i` ga9"
Hks hamd wa`t qukat. Jut ha tiie tha `aoecmoa, ipa`k`b tha ocmsp ms sha axpisad har
jmoe, swaapk`b har hmkr up k` i`a hm`d ti jmra har ci`b, oramgy `aoe.
Ha e`aw kt wms wri`b, jut thara ha wms, sckdk`b tha `aoecmoa mriu`d har. Cattk`b hks
somrrad nk`bars tiuoh har kggmoucmta sek`. Cattk`b thag jrush tha skda in har thrimt,
smvirk`b tha vacvat-sint taxtura. Acmk` shkvarad, m`d ha tiie m dmg` ci`b tkga nmsta`k`b
tha ocmsp.
Mzrkac's nk`bars ck`barad mt har `mpa, mtip tha nkrst e`ij in har spk`a. _ciwcy, Acmk`
pkvitad k`ti hks tiuoh. Q`tkc hks pmcg cmy ncmt mbmk`st har `aoe.
Kt hmd `avar bi`a thks nmr. Thay'd axohm`bad ciies, tha ioomski`mc jrush in thakr
nk`bars, jut `avar thks. @avar jcmtm`t, u`rastrkotad tiuohk`b.
Rri`b -- kt wms si wri`b.
Ha dkd`'t omra.
Ha `aadad ti e`iw whmt tha sek` in har `aoe tmstad ckea. Rhmt thisa parnaot ckps
tmstad ckea. Har jramsts. Har sax. Ha `aadad har oigk`b i` hks ti`bua --
Mzrkac's oioe strmk`ad jahk`d hks pm`ts, mohk`b si nkaroacy ha oiucd hmrdcy thk`e. Ha
prmyad sha dkd`'t paar diw`. Vrmyad sha dkd`'t u`darstm`d tha shknt k` hks soa`t.
Ha hmd i`cy mcciwad hkgsacn thasa thiubhts k` tha damd in `kbht. Hmd i`cy mcciwad
hks hm`d ti nkst hks oioe m`d thk`e mjiut har tha`, wha` ava` hks shmdiws hmd bi`a ti
scaap. Hiw thmt jamutknuc nmoa gkbht mppamr ms ha a`tarad har, whmt siu`ds sha'd gmea.
Acmk` jkt har ciwar ckp, m`d kt tiie avary iu`oa in Mzrkac's rastrmk`t ti eaap nrig
puttk`b hks iw` taath thara.
"K shiucd bi," Acmk` smkd, jut gmda `i giva ti camva.
"[as," ha smkd, hks thugj swaapk`b k` ci`b strieas mci`b tha skda in har thrimt.
Har mriusmc drkntad up ti hkg, m`d hks ayas `amrcy riccad jmoe k` hks hamd mt tha swaat
soa`t. Ha'd jab i` hks e`aas nir m ohm`oa ti tmsta kt. Jut Mzrkac lust striead har `aoe
mbmk`.
Acmk` shuddarad, drkntk`b ocisar. _i ocisa i`a daap jramth wiucd jrush har jramsts
mbmk`st hks ohast. _ha ciiead up mt hkg, har nmoa si trustk`b m`d hipanuc m`d ipa` thmt
ha e`aw sha hmd `i kdam thmt ha hmd di`a u`spamemjca thk`bs thmt succkad hks hm`ds nmr
jayi`d thakr somrs.
_uoh tarrkjca thk`bs thmt kt wms m smorkcaba nir hks nk`bars ti sek`, tmk`tk`b har wkth hks
prasa`oa.
Jut ha oiucd hmva thks. Thks i`a giga`t, m`d gmyja m tmsta, m`d thmt wiucd ja kt.
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