Tyler's Story (Tales of Quelondain) by Chester Mireille

Author:Chester, Mireille
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, adventure, fantasy, magic, young adult, shapeshifters

Chapter Five

Blake wrapped his arms around her and pressed his lips against hers.

“We were worried! My god, Heidi! What happened to you?” He hugged her tightly and she couldn’t help but think that Tyler’s hugs had felt stronger, safer. She looked up into Blake’s green eyes and was shocked to find herself missing the deep brown she’d been gazing into the past couple of weeks.

“Heidi, what’s wrong?”

She shook her head and a tear slipped down her cheek.

“Are you alright? Are you hurt?”

She shook her head again. A sob shook her.

“He fell,” she whispered between sobs. She remembered how Tyler had closed his eyes as the ground had rushed up at him, the awful noise his body had made when it had hit the earth not too far from her.

“Heidi…”

She shook her head, disengaged herself from his embrace and went to lie on their bed. She buried her face in her arms, her sobs shaking her whole frame. A breeze blew through the window and the smell of the sea caused her to frown.

A noise to her left made her reach down to her side. The cold hilt of the dagger Tyler had bought her pressed into her palm. The noise reoccurred, this time closer. She took a deep breath and flipped onto her back, her dagger stabbing in an arc through the air.

“Ow! Damn it, Heidi, it’s me!” John put a hand over the shallow cut on his forearm and sat beside her. “You’ve been gone for two hours; I came to make sure you were alright.”

She blushed and wiped her dagger on a patch of grass before putting it back in its scabbard. “Sorry. I fell asleep.” The breeze dried her tears.

“Are you alright?”

She shrugged. “Every time I fall asleep, I dream of him falling.” She took a deep breath. “This was my fault, John. You were right.” She swallowed hard to get rid of the lump in her throat. Heidi sat on the edge of the rocky cliff, the smell of salt water making her nose tingle. She took another deep breath and watched the waves smash onto the rocks below her. The afternoon was cloudy, the air thick with the promise of rain.

“It could have been worse, Heidi.” John put a hand on her arm.

She shook her head. “No. This is the worst thing that could have happened.”

The two of them stared at the ocean below.

“He wanted me to take you to Sageden.”

She glanced at him. “Not yet.”

“Heidi, it’s been almost two months.”

“I said no.” She stood and made her way down the narrow trail that led back to the small town below them. The room she was staying in seemed empty, lonely. She wasn’t sure why she’d decided to come here. She never could stay longer than a few minutes. She exited, moved toward the room down the hall, and quietly entered. Her chest felt heavy as she looked at Tyler lying under a blanket. She glanced at his hand. Had it moved? Hadn’t it been

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