Between Mortals and Makers by Tyranni Thomas

Author:Tyranni Thomas [Thomas, Tyranni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tyranni Thomas
Published: 2019-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

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I loved watching Thane interact with women. It was a rush and a comedy all at once. He had something about him that seemed to pique their curiosity just enough for them to forget how offensive he could be. Of course, Thane being Thane, he always threw the armor on and shoved them away when it was over.

She was clearly not entirely comfortable being alone with me, and yet that ass hat insisted on picking those parting words. I wanted to pick up the first stone I found and hurl it at him. Instead, I shook my head apologetically and stumbled up the hill after her.

Thane was an amazing tracker. He could hunt better than anyone in the village back home. He moved through the forest the way a fish did water. Soundlessly, effortlessly, and without evidence that he had ever been there at all. I had no such skill; I crunched and snapped everything in a ten-foot radius. Most of my wooded adventures usually ended with half the forest floor being brought home on my ass. Which is why, I preferred the predictability of the forge.

The sun glistened over the surface of the water, bringing me to a still at the crest of the last hill. I loved water. Mother once said, that as a youngin’, I often wouldn’t part with my bath water until it was cold. Back home, I preferred to sit on the bank with my thoughts after the sun had gone down, so it was exactly what I did while Zhenni set her trap and sank it into the water.

She wiped her hands on her dress and made her way toward me. I shifted and patted the ground for her to share the support of the tree. She settled next to me without a word and began to smooth her sleeves.

“Do you enjoy it,” I asked her, “healing, that is?”

She tucked her arms around her knees and brought them to her chest. Her attention remained somewhere over the water, preventing me from seeing her the way I wanted to. I fought the urge to tip her chin my way. Her demeanor still screamed of uncertainty. She turned, and I realized the water wasn’t the only thing that could reflect the beauty of the world. Her eyes were amber pools with sparks of brilliant gold. I was captivated by them, even more so when they abruptly dropped to my mouth.

I wouldn’t touch it. I wouldn’t scare her, I promised myself.

The sound caused her sultry gaze to snap back to my own. The heavy-lidded stupor caused her head to drift toward mine, until her senses raced back to her.

“I enjoy it when the healing is successful,” she muttered, shaking her head and smoothing her sleeves once more.

“Do you fear your efforts with my mother will not be so?”

“I have heard of a sickness spread by insects. Mosquitos,” she suggested quietly. “If it is such an illness, we are better to have spent our time seeking the Goddess’ favor than brewing potions.

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