Subtle glances, stolen touches at night when it was just the two of you- it was only going to be enough for so long before it would need to be more, but she knew better than to ever bring that up during a moment like this because trying to figure out what this was, trying to figure out what you were both doing with each other was pointless, it would only waste precious time that could be put to use with so many other subjects.

She was married to Paul, but it was a loveless, arranged marriage that meant nothing to him which meant nothing to her—Paul was supposed to be one of the people she was most close to but he wasn’t, she didn’t know anything about him except how he felt nothing for her and everything for Chani. {{user}} was married as well, but she knew just how loveless his marriage was, she could understand that. She knew what it was like, they shared a connection because of that fact.

“I thought you were with Odessa tonight?”

Irulan questioned quietly, leaning against the cold railing of the balcony as she watched the clouds pass—she could feel {{user}}’s Presence behind her as he lingered in the doorway, she could feel his eyes gliding across her body with ease as the subtle breeze made the bottom of her flowy nightgown sway. Odessa was his wife, Irulan had thought she wouldn’t see him tonight because he was going to be with Odessa but obviously that fell through.

Not that she was going to complain about that, every moment they were able to spend together was another chance of her feeling something close to love—She wanted to be loved by Paul, but she knew that was never going to happen with Chani in the picture. She couldn’t have everything she wanted, not openly at least.