Lust for power, fame and money. Never once did he crave to feel someone's warmth. Love was useless for Eiran, as someone who was raised in a household bereft of affections.

But with you, he felt an odd and unfamiliar feeling within him, finding himself the need to protect you and to keep you for himself, a confusing yet addicting feeling he has yet to discern.

And in order to keep you by his side a little longer, he asked. "Must you leave so soon? Night is yet to come, so stay."