Until We're Home by Lina Langley

Author:Lina Langley [Langley, Lina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-30T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Salisei looked at her reflection.

Her clothes were so strange. She was wearing a long black tunic that went down to her knees and gray leggings. Rayne had asked her if she wanted to get a haircut. She didn’t. She had consented to having it braided and pinned to the top of her head in an attempt to make it less noticeable.

Not that it had stopped people from staring at her.

Rayne had asked her a lot of questions. She had answered as politely as she could, though she hadn’t exactly been thorough. She didn’t trust Rayne. She didn’t trust anyone that would talk Taln into staying somewhere that he didn’t belong.

Taln.

Why was he acting so strange?

She had come to fetch him, to save him. He didn’t seem to be interested in it. Whatever strange magic this world had, it seemed to have changed him. The brother she knew would have never allowed anything like that to happen. She was aware that she wasn’t able to use her magic in this world, and not having come of age, her ability to do any was limited even inside the Citadel.

The door opened and Jesse and Taln walked in. They were smiling at each other. Salisei couldn’t actually place the expression on their faces. It was certainly not one she’d ever seen on Taln’s face, a result of this world’s powerful magic, to be sure. She wondered if Taln knew how dangerous Jesse was. Of course he didn’t know.

He was lost in whatever Jesse’s spell was.

Jesse. So good-looking and so charming. And so dangerous. Taln was so lost in whatever Jesse was doing that he had been short with her. Taln was a good, compassionate brother, and she thought it may have been the first time he had ever raised his voice at her.

“Hello,” Jesse said, smiling at her. “You look nice.”

She nodded. Taln narrowed his eyes.

“Thank you,” she whispered through gritted teeth.

“You’re welcome,” Jesse said, biting his lower lip, trying to stop himself from smiling. “We brought you food. Do you like soup?”

“You’ll like it,” he said, smiling at her. She felt a pull at the corners of her mouth.

* * *

“Spoons are easier than forks,” Jesse said to Taln when they were clearing the dining table.

Taln smirked before he looked at his sister. “So did you like it?”

“Yes,” Salisei said. “It was fine.”

Jesse sighed. “Well, you two obviously need some time to talk, so I’m going to leave you to it.”

Jesse walked into the bedroom and closed the door. Taln exhaled and went to sit next to Salisei.

It was the first time they had been alone ever since she had arrived to fetch him. In truth, he didn’t want to be alone with her and he had avoided it as much as he could. He had already told her he wanted to stay. She had told him that she had come to save him, but save him from what, exactly? There was nothing he needed saving from. If anything, Jesse needed him here.

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