Return To Sky Raven 02 by T. Michael Ford

Author:T. Michael Ford [Ford, T. Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: T. Michael Ford
Published: 2014-05-26T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Relieved to be finally away, the horses settled into a comfortable pace. The two druids were chatting and pointing non-stop, excited to be on their first great adventure. Maya patiently took time to coach and acquaint them in dark elf society and customs. Fortunately, as in most agrarian societies or peoples who are deeply connected to the land and forests, dark elves revere druids. Maya was pretty sure the girls would be treated as celebrities by most of her people.

The Vakhas were clearly exhilarated, for once not tied down to the snail’s pace of foot traffic or worse yet, donkeys. They were able to really let loose and show everyone what they could do. I am no expert, but it appeared we were easily doubling the pace of a quality travelling horse, and neither of them showed the slightest fatigue, either. Nia, however, apparently found the rhythmic motion of the lope, with its three fast beats and pause, almost irresistibly hypnotic and quickly fell asleep in her niche on the shoulder of my armor.

Using our link through Winya as a conduit, Maya and I found we could communicate fairly well in our minds. This had the advantage of bypassing all the girls’ chatting and the clatter of hooves. The travel was easy; the road was a little choppy, but the Vakhas never wavered in their pace. Scrub plains and stone plinths soon became areas of scrub oak and bushes. Off in the distance, the green wall of a forest loomed. We stopped briefly for necessities and to grab a bite, then we were back on the road and the miles were flying by.

My dark elf’s helm turned toward me and canted slightly, and she surprised me.

“Alex, I have a confession to make. Winya relayed most of what you and Portia talked about that night. In my defense, it was primarily so that I could judge how much time I had to find you and get into position, but still I heard everything.”

Oh-oh! Like any male in this situation, I immediately tried to remember if I messed up in any way or said anything that could be misconstrued. Unfortunately, a lot of what happened out there in the woods was kind of fuzzy to me. Turning into a zombie is not one of those occurrences that most people want to affix permanently in their minds and savor and there were a lot of other points that were questionable as well. Guardedly, I went for the safe topic.

“Yeah, well, that revelation about Portia causing your dreams all these years must have been a lot to think about.”

“Yes, but I’m talking about the other part of the conversation where you said, ‘There is a chain of destiny forged between Maya and me that will never be broken, and our love will never falter even beyond death!’ Did you mean what you said?”

“Every word!” Travelling as we were with our helms on, there was no way to read her expression, so I took a deep breath and let it out.

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