Jaeth's Eye: Legacy of the Lost Mage: A Romantic High Fantasy Tale by K.S. Villoso

Author:K.S. Villoso [Villoso, K.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liam's Vigil Publishing Co.
Published: 2021-08-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Kefier awoke, wrapped in blankets underneath a sprawling night sky. His fire had died down. He got up, shivering, added firewood, and remembered how Oji used to do it for them most nights. He was always the first one to get up on any occasion—bright-eyed, cheerful, ready to face the day. Some mornings you woke up to the smell of frying bacon and Oji singing his heart out to the sun.

He had been dead…a year. Or more? Kefier had lost track of time since he’d left Fuyyu, but the colour of the leaves and the cold air told him the passage of the months since. It made him acutely aware of the loss, especially now that the Boarshind seemed to have lost his trail and everything around him had come to a screeching halt. He missed Oji. He missed his smiles, and his hearty songs, and the way he made everyone else laugh despite his own problems. It sounded ridiculous now that he was a grown man, but he also missed the way he told him stories or picked up gear he’d dropped or fixed his sandals for him because, “My boy, because it’s a long way down that hill and you’ve got to be surefooted.”

The fire was blazing now, and Kefier stirred it, breathing warm air. The empty silence got him to thinking about Lisa. He could no longer recall how her dark hair smelled. It had a distinct scent—she always bragged about washing it every day—and back then, if she ever fell asleep when she was with him, he would smell it and thought he would remember forever. That got to him. Did he die, too, with Oji and all his other friends? He knew it was an unfair thought, because they had actually lost their lives while he was still breathing, but he couldn’t help himself.

He lay back against the grass and stared at the stars. They nearly blanketed the entire sky and he felt a little dizzy staring at them. He’d stared at stars, too, that first time with Lisa. He had been sixteen and shorter than her. He could still remember the way she sauntered up to him outside the inn and took his cold, trembling hands into hers. She placed a finger on his lips before he could say anything and led him up to one of the rooms. It was barely larger than the single bed on it, but Kefier could see Cairntown’s rooftops from the large windows. Cairntown, and the stars.

“You’re distracted,” she said, pulling the shutters closed. But she didn’t draw the curtains. Moonlight danced over her freckled face. “Come on. Don’t tell me you’ve never done this before?”

He coloured at her remark. She saw that and stifled a laugh. “I didn’t think—well!” She traced a finger down his thin collarbone. He swallowed as she gently pushed him back into the bed and tugged his shirt loose.

“I had a wife once, you know,” he grumbled.

Lisa’s eyebrows shot up. “Oh really? And you’ve never done this, ever?”

“I didn’t say—” he started.

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