Cold Dead Beating Heart

He walked closer to her and grabbed her hand. He placed it on his chest where his heart was. The adventuress was surprised to realize that it was beating faintly. She always assumed that his heart was stagnant. Dead. But here it was, pumping contaminated black blood into his veins."I'll do whatever it takes to make sure that no monster, not even me, hurts you Fionna. No matter what