Hushed, Tales of Ryca, Book 2 by Shereen Vedam

Author:Shereen Vedam [Vedam, Shereen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC009020, FIC027030
ISBN: 9780995344747
Published: 2018-04-09T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Tamara’s wish to touch him brushed across Jarrod’s mind the way another Erovian’s emotion could if they focused together. How could this be? Tamara wasn’t Erovian.

In all his studies of Light magic, only his people had an ability to magically share thoughts and emotions.

His mind whirled with excitement, shock, delight and finally, doubt. In his delirium, could he have imagined her mind-touch? Why would she feel such an emotion about him anyway? She was enamored with Thyel. The reminder tasted sour.

“At the castle,” she murmured, “whenever you visited, you rarely spoke to me. I assumed you disliked me.”

How to answer this? He had indeed avoided her. There was no lying about that. He did it because every time he was with her, he wanted to get closer. He chose a less complicated answer. “I assumed you wouldn’t be interested in what interests me.”

“Such as?

“Books. Study. History. Subjects that would bore you.” He breathed deeply, trying to quiet his racing thoughts and passions. She couldn’t have mind-touched. He had imagined the delicate brush of her feelings.

Her gaze captured again and held it as the back of her hand once again distinctly slid across his left cheek.

Yet, she hadn’t moved a muscle.

Tamara could mind-touch!

The thought brought a thrill that was beyond simple pleasure. Did she realize it? No, there was no conscious acknowledgement in her gaze.

He glanced at the dragon. Could her connection with the green have opened a latent talent or spawned a new one? No, to the latter idea. For her to be able to connect with the green in the first place, this ability must have existed in her all along.

“You’ve gone silent again,” Tamara said sounding cross.

“I was thinking about your connection to the green.”

“Must we talk about that? I don’t like thinking about it.”

“Why?”

“I dislike someone else invading my thoughts.”

He couldn’t suppress a chuckle at the irony.

“What’s so funny?” she asked.

“Tamara, have you not considered that your connection with the green may be your magical talent?”

“I don’t have one. Everyone knows that”

“What if you do?”

“I don’t. It’s the green that speaks to me, who orders me around.”

She didn’t understand her role in communicating with the dragon. His mind spun with the possibilities. Then one especially unique idea obliterated all others. “What if this is the reason you were awake for all those years despite the time spell.”

“What are you talking about? How do you know about that? Oh, of course. Even if you won’t admit it, I know you’ve been roaming around my thoughts. You stole that secret!”

He had the grace to blush. “Not steal it exactly. You screamed it at me the first time we met at the banquet your mother threw to celebrate vanquishing Ywen and Tamarisk. That’s one of the reasons I’ve avoided you in the past, so I would not inadvertently pick up any more of your secrets.”

“Oh,” Tamara said. “Well, anyway, my being awake all that time was my mother’s fault. She didn’t cast her time spell properly. It left me trapped but awake for an eternity.

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