Song of the Forever Rains by Mellow E.J

Author:Mellow, E.J.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montlake
Published: 2021-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Forget I exist.

Darius’s pain-stricken gaze swam before Larkyra, only strengthening her strides through the midnight rainstorm that raged in an angry whip of wind and lightning across the walkway of the west wing of the castle. She remained bone dry, however, as she sang herself into a protective bubble of soundless invisibility. Her song spoke of summers in fields; the hum of her voice was like the sun, high and warm. She pushed her magic out, a warm caress along her skin, just as the gale hitting up against it tried to push in, water running down the surface of the shield of air surrounding her. After the scene at dinner, her father would surely understand that the time for her powers to remain completely tied down was up. The fast was over.

She wasn’t sure which door would be his, but she let her senses guide her forward as she entered the wing. She passed a sparsely decorated receiving room, a small personal library, and a nursery covered in white sheets. There would be other nights for snooping. Now was meant for something more important.

Walking on, Larkyra finally made her way to a set of double doors that sat closed at the end of the hall. A warm orange glow seeped out the bottom. He’s in here, she thought. Though Darius was without gifts, Larkyra was starting to recognize his personal energy; it called to her, heated her skin, as though he indeed held magic.

As she pressed a hand to the hard wood, the door creaked ajar. Larkyra’s song died on her lips as her heart continued to race. Tentatively she walked in.

His clove scent was stronger in his rooms, and it distracted her for a moment.

“Darius?” she called gently.

It might have been improper for her to be in his chambers, but propriety no longer mattered to Larkyra. She wanted to make sure he was okay and, lost gods willing, alive!

Her gaze ran over the massive room and its chairs and tables. The balcony doors were thrown open, letting in the heavy wind, which fought with a blazing fireplace along a far wall. Then her eyes stopped at a bed in the center and the form that lay there.

Her breath stuttered as she ran to Darius’s side, her heartbeat hitting up against her magic in relief, seeing he was asleep, breathing.

Quickly she drew up a new song, a lullaby that swept his mind deeper into slumber. It wasn’t until then that she dared to relax, and with a commanding note and flick of her wrist, Larkyra sent the balcony door whooshing closed, the bolt locking. The space seemed to sag in relief, the bedroom now soft and warm.

Still, the sight before her was far from pleasant, and an angry tightness squeezed along her throat as she took in the lord’s grotesque splotches and swollen skin. They were not as bad as at dinner, but Darius was tangled up in his sheets, as though he still fought his monster even in sleep.

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