Lexin's Quest (Knights of Kismera Book 2) by Tamara H Hartl

Author:Tamara H Hartl [Hartl, Tamara H]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dragon Mountain Press
Published: 2016-02-09T07:00:00+00:00

Exhausted, Lexin sank down on his haunches by a small campfire. Cearan squatted alongside and gave him a concerned look through lowered lashes.

Lexin had become a wraith to Cearan’s eyes, lost in his grief. He had barely eaten and had lost weight. He had not shaved nor combed his hair since losing Cerise to the river.

When the three returned to the barge to retrieve the horses and supplies, they found the barge had been righted and it and all the crew were on their way back to Raparia. Lexin had screamed curses and then attempted to swim to the barge, murder in his eyes. He nearly drowned both himself and Cearan when Cearan followed to stop him.

The three men had searched both sides of the river for a seven-day, finding no trace of Cerise.

After staring into the flames for a long moment, Lexin abruptly rose and went back down to the river, motioning for the other two men to hold their places when they moved to follow.

When he reached the water’s edge, he lifted his head and gazed out at the setting sun. For seven days he had searched, keeping hope within him, but he had to finally accept it. Cerise was gone.

He could not breathe as the pain of acceptance, so long kept at bay, finally swept over him and pulled him down to his knees. He looked again to the western sky, the sun blurring through his tears as it disappeared behind the trees. So this was how my god will punish my sins, he thought. Death would have been kinder.

He knelt there until full darkness came. He then rose and returned to camp, dry eyed. He ignored the concerned looks of the other two men and lay on his blankets by the fire.

“Tomorrow we shall continue on to Burning Woods,” he said softly but firmly.

Cearan sat looking at him, despair in his own eyes. He had become close friends with Cerise and felt her loss keenly. “You are sure?”

Lexin closed his eyes as he answered in a mere whisper. “Yes.”

Cearan sighed deeply, and pinched the bridge of his nose as he sat there, wondering how he was going to tell Drace of the loss of his kinswoman.

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