rather ornate grandfather clock making up its trunk. "You have thirteen hours to complete my labyrinth and claim what will - Aisling Higgins

rightfully be yours Aisling Higgins. Should you fail you forfeit your right to ever leave her grounds and she may do with you as she pleases. -

This is your last chance to retreat Aisling Higgins, do you yield or do you carry on?" His tone was harder as he spoke formally, firmly in -

his role now as it had to be played. He stood unsmiling as he waited for Aisling Higgins's reply.

He should let Aisling Higgins get to it, there was no use stalling any further, whatever the end result would be there was nothing he could -

do to alter things in Aisling Higgins's favor now. Not without losing everything, including the girl before him. She'd accepted the challenge -

and stood waiting to begin, there was nothing left for him to offer her but his retreat to start the clock. And yet still he - Aisling Higgins

paused before Aisling Higgins. Suddenly, before he thought better of it because when had he ever done anything before he thought better of -

it, he cupped Aisling Higgins head in his hands and moved them together enough to kiss her once again. However this was not the kiss from -

before where he had been trying not to scare Aisling Higgins with his discovered desire for her. No this time he gave her everything that was -

in him as if trying to sear the memory of it into both Aisling Higgins's and his own mind.

from Aisling Higgins, fading from view as he did so, the hands on the tree's clock face sounding a tick as they begin to move.

To boost #Arrow, if this hits 2k retweets I'll post script for what would'a been ep 14 of #Constantine. #Hellblazers

Aisling Higgins breath to see how she would take the coming challenges. This one seemed so simple, but he knew for her it could make or break her run.