Kill Me Softly (Forever in Their Thrall Book 3) by Lidiya Foxglove

Author:Lidiya Foxglove [Foxglove, Lidiya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Alissa

“Silvus…” I pressed flowers to the soil that was grown over with thin grass, reminding me that he had been gone for some time now, laid to rest in this wizard’s graveyard that Rayner refused to ever visit. It was a serene place, under giant live oaks draped in Spanish moss, cool and shady and humid, scented of sea salt, growth and decay among the thick trees.

Thom brought me here, since Rayner would never go to any grave. I saw a different side of Thom here, even though he hardly said a word. He lit a stick of incense and bowed his head. “Hey, old friend…”

It was sinking into me slowly that Silvus was really gone. Sometimes I had dreams of my past, and I saw him vividly. Like they had just happened yesterday. I saw his small smile, I saw his eyes that could be kind one moment and wicked the next, but always held a little touch of sorrow, of some burden to bear. I saw his long fingers crumbling up herbs into a potion. I saw him scratching the head of his latest feline companion. I felt that hand drape on mine, or clasp my fingers, or unlace my clothes. I heard him whisper his names for me.

“Meg…” “My pet…” “My dearest…”

Just last night, in fact, I had a brief memory of Silvus and Li Mei in the garden together. I was sucking the sweetness out of flower after flower and offered him one. He told me it was a waste of a flower’s nectar that could be used in a spell. I got almost annoyed at him and told him it was a waste of a flower to think that everything had to be useful, and he told me I was right and that Rayner said he worked too hard.

I guess he did change because I don’t think he saw flowers just as spell ingredients after that…not that I can remember. But I don’t have enough memories.

I supposed I would keep having more, for the rest of my life. He would always be near to me in that way.

Thinking of that made me start to cry again. For him to be so close, and also gone, at the same time…

“Silvus, I know…I know you’re still with me. But…” I faltered.

“Darlin’, do you need a moment alone?”

I gripped Thom’s shirt. “No….no. Stay with me.”

“Of course,” Thom said in a ragged whisper. “Anything you need.”

“I don’t believe death is…an end. I know I have been here many times. I know you know how I feel right now because you’ve said goodbye to me. But I’ve never had to say goodbye to you. I miss you so much, and every time I remember another little thing about you, I miss you more and more. I remember what you meant to me. You sacrificed everything for me. I’ll never ever forget that. And—and sometimes I wondered why Rayner would miss me so much, why he would be half-crazed with trying to find me when he knew that I would be back, that my death wasn’t final.

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