Exile (Book II in The Elder Origins series): Novella by Faucheux Bre

Author:Faucheux, Bre [Faucheux, Bre]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2013-12-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

A week passed as Jayden left daily to prepare the ship for their departure. Madison graciously took the gifts the tribe gave her as a token of appreciation. Although she could tell from within them that they were more relieved by her approaching return to England than they were saddened by it. The healer and his kin were the only ones to show her any immediate benevolence. She took this receiving of gifts as a sign of their cultural traditions, and not their desire for her to remember them fondly. Their furs and skins to keep warm were beautiful, but her body no longer required them for comfort.

Jayden took the few arrows and bow that they provided. They even gave a portion of their meat to sustain them for the journey, although Madison insisted on only taking a small portion of it. She and Jayden didn’t need food to replenish them as the tribe soon would. Jayden gave them more smiles and nods of gratitude than she had ever received from him. But she sensed that he was sincerely grateful for their aid. It was because of them that he was able to return home.

The healer gazed at Madison as he brought her a small clay container. It had been engraved and painted in vibrant blue and yellow by his wife, who stood just behind him wrapped in skins for comfort. They both looked at her warmly as he presented the gift to her with both hands. She took it just as he had presented it to her, with both her hands, and tried to get a sense for what it was. The healer knew whenever she searched for a reason behind something. His aura slowly penetrated hers as she stepped closer to him.

Her hands turned to ice as she touched the container in his hands. She hadn’t endured a sensation so strong since she felt the river beneath the falls crash against her body the first time she leapt from the ravine. She instantly withdrew her hands from the container. The aura around her healer deadened. She felt nothing. Not his emotions, not the calmness he had given her, simply nothing. It was the essence of numbness. As lifeless and unmoving as it was, it was still a profound sensation.

The wife took the skin from her back and placed it over the container. She gracefully wrapped it and handed it to Madison. She cautiously took it and felt the aura of the healer gradually coming back to her. It enveloped her with a warning of what was to come. He took his hand and motioned for Madison to set the container down. Taking her hand within his, she felt her emotions protruding him.

There would be others. That was the only true premonition that he could concede to her. They would procreate their own kind. Not instantly, but eventually. Whether they chose to or not, it would indeed happen. And the container, there was a substance inside that she was to keep with her in the tiniest of amounts.

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