He switched instruments in the midst of making this strange brand of audible love to her, and she watched, wide-eyed and wondrous, the deep red notes rise into the air as he coaxed the bow across his flesh and bones. There was a radiance to the sound, and a horror she mistook for lust.
He crumpled at her feet, lifeless, as the music continued rising in the room.
They found her next morning, smitten and deaf, save for the melody she lovingly heard him play as he slipped away from her grasp.
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