The Goblin Bride (Beneath Sands Book 1) by Emma Hamm

Author:Emma Hamm [Hamm, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-16T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

THE MOMENT THEY started down the cliff they were surrounded by goblins. They treated her as one of their own. Claps on the back were firm for Ruric, soft hugs for her. It was uncomfortable for Jane who had never been a very physical person. Yet these people wanted nothing more than to touch her.

Many fingered her long braid. They were fascinated by that part of her. She watched as a goblin turned it this way and that in the light. It appeared that they had never seen hair like this before.

She was suddenly trustworthy simply because she was bound to Ruric. They smiled at her with their sharp teeth. They touched her where they had not before, hands stroking against the tan lines on her skin and tugging lightly at her braid.

Boundaries were no longer there. She was, in essence, a goblin now. They saw her as one of them, though oddly shaped. She could not speak to them and they did their best to help her to understand. Her fragility was beguiling to them.

Down they went, passing by caves that held people who danced as she had never seen before. Their bodies were made for battle. Claws and teeth that could deliver death on a silver platter. But they moved with the grace and fluidity of water. She had never seen anything so beautiful in her entire life.

Eventually they stopped, walking into a much larger cave that seemed to be the lowest point. She guessed this was usually used for political things. There was another version of the throne that was held at the top of another peak, and a few of the smaller ones that always seemed to accompany it.

“Where are we?” She asked.

Ruric reached down to unpeel the hand that had been clutching his forearm. He flexed his fingers, willing blood back into the limb that was starting to tingle now.

“Below.”

It was what they called the larger cave. There had been many months spent carving this space. The walls were decorated with large spirals that swirled around the stones that were embedded in it. He thought it beautiful. His eyes strayed towards her to see whether she thought the same.

“My people would kill for these stones.” She whispered.

He nodded in response. “We have seen.”

She looked up at him. The tone of his voice was different than she had heard before. If it was possible for her to see some kind of emotion, some kind of thought in those bottomless eyes, it was sadness that lingered in them now.

“I am sorry for the one you lost.”

He glanced down at her with an unreadable expression before inclining his head.

It was not an acceptance of her apology, even she could see that. But perhaps it was an acceptance that it had to happen. Or even that it wasn’t her fault. Jane had never spoken to him about the accident, nor had she ever admitted that she had nothing to do with it.

For some strange reason she hoped he did not blame her for it.

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