Beneath the Twin Moons of Haldae by Angela Yseult

Author:Angela Yseult [Yseult, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781481982399
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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hurt ear="+0">Kris didn’t sleep that night. He didn’t dare to sleep. Twice that day he had barely managed to stop himself from shifting in front of Zaren: the first time when he had turned to see her lying on the ground with despair wafting off her in sour waves, and the second time when she’d started shouting at the edge of the forest.

He wished he could have told her that where the forest ended, the Ushias’ territory began. He wished he could have conveyed how dangerous they were, and that caution was now their best ally.

As he rested, curled at her feet, he tried to hold on to words, the best way he knew to keep his human mind a little longer. He repeated in his mind the few words of Zaren’s language he had learned, and wondered what else she might teach him, if she stayed with him a little longer. He doubted she would, though. He had seen that thing—her shuttle—fly. He knew, with a certainty anchored deep inside him, that she would leave when he returned her to the gleaming object.

If he was totally honest with himself, it was another reason why he hadn’t wanted to enter the Ushias’ territory as night was falling. The sooner they found the shuttle, the sooner she would say goodbye. He’d be free to shift, then, and settle on his final form, but he didn’t want to lose her, not quite yet.

The litany of words in his head shifted, turning to words that described Zaren. Beautiful. Fire. Smile. Bold. Smart. Beautiful. Stranger. Beautiful.

Morning came both too soon and not soon enough. Before Zaren awakened, Kris trotted away and, hidden behind a large tree, focused on his human form.

Nothing happened.

With panic twisting like a living thing inside his belly, he shut his eyes and tried again. He had to change. He had to. Zaren would be waking up soon, and if he understood her at all, she wouldn’t hesitate to go to the shuttle alone now that she knew where it was. He had to accompany her, he had to keep her safe, he had to.

He finally managed to shift.

Panting, sweat pearling on his forehead, he returned to Zaren, and found her awake and apparently ready to go.

“Shuttle,” she said on a decisive tone, and he knew that he wouldn’t be able to hold her back anymore.

Less than an hour later, with the sun at their back, still hidden behind the forest, and the bright moons on their way down, they reached the gleaming object he had first seen glide in the sky. He didn’t do more than glance at it, though; all around, footprints in the soft ground made it all too clear that the Ushias had been there. He breathed in deeply, but could not catch any scent on the changing wind other than his own and Zaren’s.

He looked for her, and for a second his heart was in his throat when he couldn’t see her. She

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