Resounding Silence by Quinn Loftis

Author:Quinn Loftis [Loftis, Quinn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quinn Loftis Books LLC
Published: 2016-12-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“I haven’t seen her in a year. The emptiness that has consumed me makes me weary. If I had any doubts before, I do no longer. I know now I cannot exist without her.”

~ Thalion

“You finally got your taste,” Reeve said as Thalion finished telling him of the third encounter he had with Cyn. “How were you able to let her leave after having dipped into her well and realizing that it was the only water that would quench your thirst?”

“Cyn will have to come to me of her own free will. There will be no forcing her or demanding. She’s fiercely independent, loyal, not only to her own people, but to the other supernaturals as well. She’s so loyal that she won’t even consider her own needs.” Thalion both admired those traits and loathed them. They were traits that made her who she was, but they were also the very traits keeping her from him.

“What did you do after she flashed from your presence?” Reeve asked.

Thalion furrowed his brow. “I did anything I could to keep from chasing her.”

His friend grinned. “Was that why you had the castle walls reinforced, though we hadn’t had a war in centuries? And all of our battle armor polished? Our weapons sharpened and counted?”

“Among other things that I did, yes. Our soldiers never knew why their workloads increased, but they could tell that something was bothering me,” he admitted. “It was a year later that I finally saw her again.”

Reeve simply stared at him, waiting for him to continue with his tale.

Thalion sighed, unsure if walking down memory lane was a wise endeavor, given that he was already at his breaking point. But, then again, he’d begun this tale without much coercion on Reeve’s part, so he might as well finish it.

“I was in the human realm,” Thalion began. “Leede had asked me to find a certain plant that she needed for one of her more difficult salves. She’d been out of it for some time.”

Thalion stepped through the veil from his realm and into the human one. The cold rain that hit him did not improve his already irritated mood. He looked up at the sky and, through the trees, he saw dark clouds and flashing lightning. The trees branches danced in the strong wind that blew through their whistling leaves. Just where he wanted to be: in the human realm being pelted by polluted rain, all the while hoping he didn’t get struck by lightning. While that wouldn’t kill him, it would make him very cross. Where he really wanted to be was back in the confines of his own comfortable room, pacing and growling over how long it had been since he’d last seen his Cyn. But, regardless of his irritation over not having the woman he knew was made for him, he still had a kingdom and a race to care for.

He walked deeper into the forest, leaving the veil behind. His eyes scanned the ground as his feet moved quietly over the dirt and twigs.

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