Doom and the Warrior by Lexy Wolfe

Author:Lexy Wolfe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy, epic fantasy, gargoyle, strong female lead, strong male lead, barbarian, epic, fiction, action, adventure, science fiction, other worlds, barbaric, medieval
Publisher: BHC Press
Published: 2014-09-27T00:00:00+00:00

TIWAZ GAZED OUT the dirt-hazed window from her seat at the head of her bed. She glanced over at a quiet knock at the door. “Come in,” she called, her voice without inflection. She turned her eyes back to the window as Doom entered.

“You don’t usually close the door,” he observed as he sat on the floor by her.

“I do not think of the room being a cage when the door is closed so much anymore.” She touched the cold glass. “The window helps. I closed the door because I wanted quiet to think.” She sighed, lowering her gaze when he put a comforting hand on her knee. “What should I do, Doom?”

“What do you want to do? You can make the choice for yourself. You don’t need me to think for you anymore.” She flashed an angered look at him. “It is the truth of how it has been since we escaped. Anytime you said what you wanted, I ignored you because I thought I knew better. I made you doubt yourself.”

She looked out the window again. “You did know better. You do know better. I know nothing of the world outside of a cage or off a leash. A cage with an open door is still a cage if I can’t bring myself to leave it. A leash does not need to be physical for me to be aware of how long it is.”

Doom’s expression faltered, troubled. “You think I hold your leash? Ti, I would never—” He fell silent when she put her fingers over his lips lightly.

She smiled, both sad and loving, sitting on the floor beside him. “The leash Alimar controlled us with was not one he created but the one we made. We have been bound to each other ever since I woke up in the pen with you,” she pointed out. “My first memory is of you. The only person who has my absolute trust is you. You helped me when Alimar hurt me.”

He closed his eyes, looking away. “You were hurt because of me. I owed you,” he began.

“Only in your mind,” she interrupted. “I never thought you owed me anything. Alimar used our loyalty, our leashes, to each other to control us.” She leaned against him; he put his arm around her. “We did and still do everything for each other. It has always been this way between us. I know you would never knowingly do anything that would hurt me.”

The gromek was silent as he digested the magnitude of her faith in him. He kept his words slow and measured as he asked, “Do you want to participate in the wolflen’s Solstice Games?”

“Yes. No! I don’t…I don’t know what I want,” she whispered, agonized. “I want to…I have done little more than train since Dramaden. However, training means nothing if I do not test myself. If I have nothing challenging me. But…people. I had never been allowed to talk to more than Alimar, or you. Zuneer only because he trained me.

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