Time and Tyra Again by Tracy Cooper-Posey

Author:Tracy Cooper-Posey [Cooper-Posey, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Time Travel Vampire Romance Novelette
Publisher: Tracy Cooper-Posey
Published: 2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

The night was as dark as it was possible to get. Few windows showed light, for it was very late. That afternoon, while Brody and I talked—well, I suppose I was the one who spoke—and while I relived my memories of Taylor and shared them with Brody, the rain clouds of the day before had lifted, the sun had burned off the last of the mist and the day had grown bright around us. Now the night sky was lit by stars. It was as cold as I had ever experienced.

Brody was unmoved by the bone-sapping chill. “This is summer in Greenland,” he said dismissively. “When steel sticks to your fingers because the moisture in the air freezes when you touch it…then you know it is cold.”

I shivered at the thought. “No, thank you,” I said firmly, recalling the warmth of Aragon in summer with a sudden fondness.

We spoke softly as we moved through the night, along the route the King’s army had taken only a day ago, skirting the castle wall and the shallow moat. As we could both see as clearly as if it was daylight, we knew we were alone. The nominal guards on the wall were missing—probably hunched over briers in the turret rooms, shivering and cursing their captains for assigning them the night watch.

I felt light and almost carefree. The day of talking had shifted things between Brody and I. I had made no attempt to hide the adoration I felt for Taylor. There was no point. He did not judge me for it or think me foolish, which allowed me to speak freely. I gave him every detail I could remember from the three days in the desert while we searched for water, for I had worked to preserve those human memories, reviewing them often.

Now, though, as we walked along the rutted road, the sensation of lightness was hard to ignore. It was as if I had done more than simply talk, that day. It felt as if I had passed over to Brody the sum of my feelings and the core of my love. I could think of Taylor now without regret for what could never have been. It was a release.

The same light happiness seemed to envelope Brody, too. Taylor had been returned to him.

To me, it felt right to think of her by the name the rest of the world had known her; Tyra. She was Taylor to Veris and Brody, she was Tyra to me.

Brody touched my arm and pointed.

To the human world, Mary would have been invisible. To us, she stood like a pillar on a plain, visible from miles away. She was at the base of the wall, looking up, her dark cloak hiding all but her white face.

We were already moving silently and she had no experience with war or violence. It was easy to come up to her without warning. I slapped my hand over her mouth, to hold in any sounds of alarm she made.

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