Adrastia by Kamery Solomon

Author:Kamery Solomon [Solomon, Kamery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Happily Ever After Publishing
Published: 2014-10-05T00:00:00+00:00

We walked until night fell, staying off of any roads and keeping clear of any kind of civilization. It was clear to me now that we couldn’t go anywhere we might be seen, not if we wanted to avoid more run ins anyway. If I was honest with myself, I didn’t know if we could handle another fight without losing Avalon to the Titans.

She still hadn’t woken by the time the sun set and we arranged a tiny camp, bare compared to what we’d had before. Our tent had been torn and left behind, as well as most of our cooking gear. It was the one downfall to packing everything together magically; if one thing was broken, most of the rest was bound to be as well.

“I saw some rabbits earlier,” Arsenio said when he’d finally finished putting his things together. “I thought maybe I’d do some bow hunting tonight for our food.”

“Thank you,” I mumbled, still thinking of the revelations I’d had about myself earlier. It was clear to me I needed to protect Avalon, at the very least, to make up for how I’d treated her.

“Do you want to come?”

“No,” I replied, my eyes falling on Avalon’s sleeping form once more. “I want to be here when she wakes up.”

Arsenio didn’t answer, his gaze seeming to burn into the side of my head, so I finally turned to look at him.

“What?” I demanded.

“You called her a ‘she,’” he said, smiling softly. “It’s about time.”

“Don’t read too much into it,” I answered curtly.

“What changed your mind?”

He was looking at me with his stupid, lopsided, know it all grin that made me want to punch him in the face.

“Would you just go get some food?” I ordered. “Fighting makes me hungry.”

He raised an eyebrow at me before shouldering his bow and turning to leave the camp, a low whistle on his breath.

She didn’t wake for some time. I began to wonder if Arsenio would return before she did, if something had happened to her and she wasn’t going to wake up, or if I was merely being impatient. Every now and then, her face would twitch, matching the pain she’d displayed before, and I had to fight the desire to hold her in my arms again, to comfort her and banish the demons she fought.

I was tending to the fire when she finally stirred, moaning softly as she rolled over on the blanket we’d laid her on. It was obvious she was sore from the way she moved, reluctant to stretch her back or lay on it any more. A pang of guiltiness stabbed at me as I realized I may have hurt her by lying her on her back in the first place.

Stepping forward to help her up, I silently cursed myself as she flinched, scooting away as quickly as she could.

“I’m sorry,” I said softly. “I didn’t mean to scare you. I was only trying to help.”

“Did my ears stop working, or did you just apologize for something?” she asked incredulously.

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