Brother Of The Dark Places by Miranda Bailey

Author:Miranda Bailey [Bailey, Miranda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-11T16:00:00+00:00

7

Endre

Thyra was confused, her heart was aching, and fear was starting to creep in. I couldn’t blame her, this wasn’t the life she’d led. She lived a life with cars, electricity, and danger, but nothing like this. She’d lived a peaceful life compared to many, even with that awful man she’d married, only to divorce. I didn’t want to let her go, but I knew it wasn’t my place to make her stay.

“If you want to go back to your world, Thrya, I can send you there. I can get you to one of the dark places in South America, then you’ll have to find your way home from there. There’s no portal into your country.”

“I just...” I could see the indecision, the uncertainty, and knew she needed the truth.

“This is not going to be easy, Thyra. Airitech is dangerous, and what he wants could end my world and yours. We might all die in the process, but we have to try and fight him. He’s cagey, and there is evil in this world the same as in yours. He’s growing support from the disenfranchised in the magical world from what Wruin has said. He has to be dealt with. If you think you’re unable to help with that, I understand. This life isn’t for everyone.”

I could see pain in her eyes, emotional pain, and wanted to take it away, but I couldn’t lie to her.

“I think, I just...” She held her hands out, open and empty. “I have nothing to offer do I? I’m not magical like you or the others. I don’t have the karate skills Holly mentioned. I’m not a giant. I only have two weak human hands to offer.”

“Maybe that’s what we need, but no. I won’t try to sway you, Thyra, forgive me that moment of weakness.” I had to look away. The pain of losing her pricked me already.

This was so much worse than leaving Riever. So very much harder.

“It’s just too much, Endre. I can’t do anything but die. That would be even worse wouldn’t it? If I died and left you alone?” Her eyes implored me for understanding, she didn’t seem to realize she already had that. Maybe she was trying to convince herself.

I held my hand out to her, to her heart. I placed my palm flat and listened. I could hear the gentle beat of her heart in my own blood. I closed my eyes, opening my mind to hers.

I felt something soft brush against my brain, just as I brushed against hers. I found her memories, her thoughts, her hopes and fears, the same as she found mine in that moment. This was far more intimate than even sex, but I wanted her to have this part of me before she left.

I knew everything about her, just as she knew herself, with that one act. We were each other from that moment on. Wherever she went, whatever she did, I would always be a part of her.

“You will know if I die, my heart.

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