Fire by Rosie Scott

Author:Rosie Scott [Scott, Rosie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-28T06:00:00+00:00

Eleven

Camping for the first time with Cerin was going to be awkward. The man clearly didn't like to speak more than what was necessary, and he also was suspicious of our true intentions. I hoped that the fact we were traveling in the exact opposite direction of Sera would put his mind at ease.

As a child, Cerin had been shy, but he had been sweet and humble. Time and circumstances had changed him. After offering to stop by his home to grab any necessities before he joined us, I'd been told he carried anything he couldn't live without on him, and had no true home. It didn't surprise me, given he was probably hunted by everything and everyone who knew of his skills. Cerin didn't know yet that we'd visited Thornwell, so he couldn't have known that telling me that would sadden me like it did.

Nyx pulled me aside that night as we set up the tents. There was a fire to her eyes I hadn't seen in quite some time.

“You have impeccable taste,” she mused, with a smile.

“I don't need you to tell me that,” I replied, to which she chuckled joyously.

“I'm so happy we found him, Kai. First him, then meeting your birth mother in Whispermere...have anything else you wish to cross off your bucket list?”

“Yes...for both those things to actually go well,” I admitted, before glancing over to where Cerin sat, poking at the campfire with a stick. He had offered to fish for us, but we were camped so far out from the nearest stream that the other two men had offered to simply go out and hunt instead. My stomach began to ache when I thought of Silas. Out of all of us, he probably was having the worst time accepting the new member of our group.

“The first thing did. The second, we'll just have to wait and see.”

“Seeing Cerin didn't go well at all,” I argued.

“Are you kidding? He's here, isn't he?” She paused. “And I know a look of attraction when I see it, friend. That man there never thought he'd see you again, I can tell you that.” When I said nothing, she added, “Considering what he's been through, it's amazing he agreed to come at all.”

I agreed with that, at least internally. There had been a few desperate moments earlier on the battlefield where I had thought I'd found someone I had once lost, only to realize he wasn't the same. I told myself that even if we never did become friends again, I at least had him as an ally for the time being.

Theron and Silas returned with a small doe, and quickly set to preparing it for dinner. Silas took bone and hide and began to prepare it for use, like he always did. Tonight, though, he was withdrawn, and didn't seem to want to participate in conversation with the rest of us.

“Forgive me for overhearing,” Theron began, while roasting slabs of the meat over our campfire, “you have family in Whispermere?”

I noticed Cerin glance up to me.

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