Claiming His Human Wife by Sue Lyndon

Author:Sue Lyndon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Blushing Books Publications
Published: 2015-12-04T06:00:00+00:00

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Rhiannon hummed while she brushed her long, black hair in front of the little mirror in the washroom. Edwin had left before sunrise to check the rolabear traps on the other side of the mountain, so she had the liberty to dawdle this morning. The past few days had been glorious since Edwin hadn’t had to leave the cabin thanks to the lucky catch of blue turkeys. While they still had a few turkeys left, he’d announced that the Crigon dream spirits had urged him to check the rolabear traps.

Though she’d been bitter over Edwin’s long hunting trips at one time, she vowed to never allow herself to behave so selfishly again. She thought of all the men from her village in the Land of Zertrin, knowing none of them matched up to Edwin. She was the luckiest woman alive, she decided. It was also a comfort to know she would never know the pain of death since she would walk straight into the immortal world.

Outside, the snow had begun to melt, slowly but surely. Come the short springtime upon the Cold Top, it would be time to complete the trip to Stretta—if Rhiannon carried a child in her womb. She touched her stomach and wondered if she would recognize the signs of being with child. Without the aid of a healer like her grandmother, it would be difficult to know for certain.

Later in the morning, she stood at the window and sent prayers to both Retta and Stretta, the sister goddesses, that she would soon conceive a child.

Edwin returned in the early evening from the rolabear traps on the other side of the mountain, looking deeply troubled.

“The Crigon dream spirits have never before led me astray,” said Edwin. “Yet there were no animals in the traps.”

Rhiannon paused as she knelt to remove his boots. “What do you think this means?”

“I’m not sure. But only two scenarios could explain this incident. Either there is another person who has been banished to the Cold Top and robbed the rolabear traps, or a shapeshifter from the Land of Holon is drawing near and influencing my dream spirits to play tricks on me.”

She felt the blood drain from her cheeks. Neither of those scenarios sounded good. “Which do you think it is?” she asked.

Edwin pulled her up into his lap, surrounding her with his large arms. “I’m not sure. Have your dreams been strange lately?”

“No. Completely normal. Although, I rarely recall any of my dreams. My grandmother always said my dream spirits were scared away when I almost drowned at the bottom of the Yetsin Waterfall.” They both chuckled at her misfortune.

She stroked his face and leaned against him for comfort. The coming days would be hard, much more difficult than they had been previously, she sensed it in her heart.

“Come,” Edwin said, standing Rhiannon up with him. “Let us eat this wonderful meal you have prepared.”

The uncertainty of the danger outside on the Cold Top weighed on her mind, and dinner was a quiet affair.

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