Dawn’s Promise by A.W. Exley

Author:A.W. Exley [Exley, A.W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A.W. Exley
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“But how could I be one of these Elementals?” Dawn could accept a nearly three-hundred-year-old suitor crafted by a divine hand, but naming her as some sort of supernatural creature as well took things too far. She was a mouse scuttling in the dark on the world’s stage and not a person of any importance or with any special abilities.

Gentle humour simmered in Lord Seton’s grey eyes and his lips twitched. “It is a simple matter of deduction and elimination to place you as a Meidh. I would know if you were an earth elemental, and besides you are not of the broad build of gargoyles. While you have some of the fluidity of an undine, for all the time you sat by the lake you never dived in. You also have brown eyes instead of an undine’s watery shades.”

“I can’t swim,” Dawn murmured.

One eyebrow arched. “As I said, you’re not an undine. Sylphs are tall and elegant but full of hot air, which enables them to fly, and have eyes the colour of the sky. Salamanders are often shorter and solid. Their skin is darker, they wield fire and generally have a red tint to their hair and amber flecks in their eyes. Again not a description that fits you. Once I eliminate the four elements, that only leaves the fifth – quintessence or a Meidh.”

Dawn walked back to the chaise. While she followed his rationale, she still tried to grasp how it was possible. Mutations could appear in plants, was she something similar? “Can a Meidh spontaneously appear with no knowledge of what they are?”

Lord Seton shook his head. “Like pollinating plants, the offspring is tied to the parent. Either your mother or father must have been an Elemental, or more likely a Meidh.”

Dawn tallied the evidence scattered in her upbringing. Her mother’s ability to sift truth from lies. She’d told stories of mythical creatures that echoed what Lord Seton had told her, and most telling, her mother had named the raven in the garden as a watcher with a stone master. Once again, Dawn wished for a few more moments with her mother. There were so many questions she needed to answer, and Dawn was left fumbling in the dark when it came to her heritage. A steady thrum took up residence in her head and refused to budge. She pressed a hand to her temple as the headache built. “If you don’t mind, I have heard enough for tonight. I have so much to contemplate.”

He rose and held out a hand to her. “Of course. Shall we have a quiet dinner and discuss other things?”

“Yes, please.” Pressure built inside her head, and she didn’t think her skull could contain any more incredible tales. Talk of the mundane would help the pain behind her eyes, and now that she was appointed landscape designer, there were many ordinary things to discuss.

Dawn hesitated to put her hand in his. She didn’t want to see the Cor-vitis. Not tonight. Lord

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