Outcasts Adrift by Wendy T. Lyoness

Author:Wendy T. Lyoness [Lyoness, Wendy T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-13T22:00:00+00:00

Stolen Light

Raze cradled the bottle of pixie cider in her numb arms, even though she’d emptied it with Merethyl during their draining sex. It’d taken the turtle half a day to travel from Naunas in the east to Voltucique in the middle of the Calmest Abyss. Most of those hours had been dark, and the only light they’d enjoyed had emanated from giant jellyfish.

Although, on the reef on the bottom of the ocean, Varda had erected tall lanterns which glowed light blue and pink. They attracted sharks and fish as if that had always been their intended purpose, not illuminating the area. No one knew what the king of oceans did on purpose or by accident.

High above them, two massive whales swam. Their calls echoed throughout Thylatserine’s soul. The sharks racing through the schools of fish were much faster, but the whales had a patient rhythm to their movements which whispered strength. They didn’t have to rush anywhere. The world waited on them.

“Voltucique,” Merethyl murmured, hugged her, and pointed at luminous towers sparkling on the horizon. “You ever been to the capital, Raze? Seems like you might have.”

“Yup.” She scoured their cabin for the cork to the bottle, yet dropped it when she didn’t see it. “Couple of times in recent years. Grew up in the guildhall, but never tell anyone that. Only results in more questions than I like.”

“You were born in Voltucique?”

“I think...” Raze didn’t know where she’d been born. The elders in the Oath had told her they’d found her on their doorstep, one day, and they’d taken her in since they’d had no choice. No one could leave an infant to fend for themselves. “Don’t know, if I’m honest, because how would I? Told me they didn’t know, so I didn’t ask.”

“Aren’t you curious where you came from?” Merethyl yawned, trembled, and put her enchanting figure on display exclusively for her eyes. “I know I would be, in your shoes. I’d be someone else, because I would have spent years, decades, trying to discover my origin.”

“The goddess…” She best not tell Merethyl how the goddess of love had visited her in a dream to tell her about their shared future. If she divulged such information, she might lose the elf.

“Goddess?” Merethyl kissed her cheek.

“This goddess talked to me in a dream, used a family name, but no idea how she’d know it when my guild mothers and fathers didn’t.” She smiled at Merethyl, pulled her closer, and tickled her until she smiled. “Amicier, doesn’t ring a bell to me.”

“It… it does to me. Not sure why, but I could ask around. I swear I’ve heard it somewhere, recently.” Merethyl burrowed down into the pillows, sighed. “We’re going to arrive soon, yet I wish to stay in this bauble with you till I die.”

“Bit nasty, if you ask me.” Raze rested her head on top of the elf hiding among pillows. “You live thousands of years, and we don’t get more than a hundred. Hundred and fifty, tops.

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