Promised Passion_A Wolf's Choice by Noah Harris

Author:Noah Harris [Harris, Noah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

They walked in silence, neither leading the other, but simply treading an unspoken, agreed upon path. Dante had imagined what it would be like to go on his regular walks with someone else, but he’d never thought it would be like it was with Liam. It had taken many months to build up the level of comfort with Erik that allowed them to share easy silences. With Liam, it had taken a matter of days, and had come so swiftly and quietly that Dante hadn’t noticed it until they’d been walking together for an hour.

Eventually, they came to a clearing in a circle of trees. Dante recognized it as one that he and Erik had run to before, when they were trying to hide from the prying eyes of the rest of the sept. It looked different in the light of the moon, but Dante liked it. The wildflowers that sprouted up randomly between the various grasses looked softer in color, less brilliant, but were no more beautiful for that seeming lack of vanity. The moon was almost completely overhead, banishing the darkest of the shadows to the edge of the trees.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been in this place when the moon was like this,” Dante said, finally breaking their silence.

Liam looked around, nodding in approval. “Looks like something out of a storybook, doesn’t it?”

Dante hummed his agreement, sitting down and waiting until Liam followed suit, to continue. “Makes me think of the old stories my mom would tell. She said that a long time ago, back when humans were just a bunch of tribes, or small settlements, there was a lot more magic in the world. Places like these woods would have been a haven for creatures like the Fey.”

“What, like Elves and Fairies?” Liam asked, the corner of his mouth quirking up.

“That’s what she used to tell me. I was ready to believe it, but when she told me stories like that, she always made sure to point out that they were just stories. You can’t always tell if the stories were true or not, just that they were told often enough to be remembered,” Dante said as he grew more comfortable.

Liam seemed to instinctively lean against him. “Kinda takes the wonder out of things, doesn’t it?”

Dante shook his head. “No, she just wanted me to know. She never once told me to not believe. She and my dad never said so, but I think they really wanted me to think about the world, like, truly think about it. It had a big effect on me now that I look back on it. They always encouraged me to learn things, but to always question stuff too. It’s probably why I can be such a pain in the ass for the sept.”

Liam’s fingers traced Dante’s thigh and knee. “I like that about you.”

Dante laughed. “What, that I’m a pain in the ass? That’s usually the first thing people say they don’t like about me.”

“It’s not like you’re cruel or abrasive about it.

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