She felt nervous but took a breath, fighting hard to make a cross before she sat up more on her knees, cupping his face gently as her lips hovered just over his. "Ludwig, without you beside me at night, my body ached like a man coming off the drink. It burns like that for you now, and yet still you deny me. You seek evidence of my love for you when I have provided it...why do you torture me? Have I not been loyal? Have I not loved you enough? Allowed your taint to seep into my skin enough?"