Damon Ich (The Wheel of Eight Book 2) by Aaron D. Key

Author:Aaron D. Key [Key, Aaron D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aaron D. Key
Published: 2020-12-15T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Meeting Rael

It was with a heavy heart that I made my way down the stairs and into the Great Hall later in search of breakfast. Cailo and my sister were sitting together in a corner their food finished but still engrossed in conversation, which I found disconcerting. I sat alone and was nearly finished when Koa joined me.

We sat in awkward silence at first.

“I decided that I’m going to move into the workroom that Tan found for me permanently,” Koa said. “I intend to resume being a healer. Even if you have better resources, an extra pair of hands can’t hurt.

“If you are still struggling to find somewhere to sleep tonight,” he continued, “my old room in the tower will be free. I like the workroom. It reminds me of my old room in the city. Even better, my garden is just outside the door, or it will be when I’ve had time to recreate it. Have you got time to see it?”

There was no sign of Elena yet at breakfast and I could do nothing without talking to her first so I agreed. We made our way outside where the sun was warm and the garden flourishing under its coaxing light. Birds twittered and cooed, cawed and sang as insects danced in the warm air.

Koa directed me to the outer wall of Herron facing the river that eventually wound its way around the desert wall. In a sunny corner where there was a small pond, home to hundreds of frogs and a few spindly trees with silver-white bark, flower borders were already being cleared by Monta.

There was a small paved path that led through the planting to a low stone-framed door. Outside the door was a selection of motley abandoned items like an old wooden table, broken tools, and baskets that seemed to have been cleared from the room. Inside there was a bed and a large sturdy table.

“Do you think it will do?” I asked as we looked around the nearly empty room.

“It will be fine,” Koa answered.

I read more into these sentences than would have been apparent to the casual listener, probably more than I should have. My question really meant: do you think you could be happy here; could you contemplate living in Herron forever; perhaps even do you think that you could forgive me all my imperfections and do you think that we could become lovers? His response, I think, meant to me the answer to those questions might possibly be yes. This was more than I could hope for, so I was happy.

We were about to leave the room when Koa suddenly stopped. He had the expression of a man on the edge of a precipice. I could tell that my previous words were still hanging between us like a sword. Perhaps I had not been clear enough? Perhaps he had not been sure? I took pity on him and hugged him like a friend.

I was hoping against hope that Herai’s words were insightful as I said, “I meant it when I said I was only interested in you.

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