Watch with Glittering Eyes by K.S. Murphy

Author:K.S. Murphy [Murphy, K.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3

The following afternoon, under the shade of the Chu’s willow tree beside the fishing pond, Travis enjoyed a late lunch with Jack and Min. Cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches and fresh blackberries with lemonade to wash it all down. Their three children—four-year-old son, Jong-Su, and twin two-year-old daughters, Hana and Mary—were currently running through a field of wildflowers, chasing butterflies with Niko.

Next to Travis, Jack whittled a square block of wood into a new shape. Looked like an animal. A cat, maybe. The muscles on his thick arms flexed every time he slid the carving knife across the wood and little flecks of it keep getting caught in the few days’ worth of dark scruff on his face.

“So, where’ve Decker and Scarlet been, then?” he asked as he worked. “Haven’t seen them around much.” Jack added a teasing grin when he looked up at Travis. “Have they gone on vacation without you?”

Decker and Scarlet were two of Travis’s oldest friends. They’d all met in primary school when they were chosen to work in a group together and got along famously right from the start. When Niko came along, they simply made room for him, their hearts unfurling and adding another to their group.

“Mm-mm.” Travis took a bite of his sandwich. “They’re off on a job for some bridge-builder who’s having trouble with sirens in the area.”

A sea witch and a faery were two very handy magick-users to have around in the event of a water problem. Born right at the edge of the ocean like generations before him, Decker practically grew up in the water and had a strong connection to the sea and everything in it. As a faery, Scarlet would have better luck conversing with the sea fae more than anyone else.

“And they didn’t invite you along?”

Travis chuckled. “Guild sanctioned job, I’m afraid.”

The pair of them was members of the Spirit’s Eye Guild and had been since graduating from traditional schooling.

“Ah.” Min laughed in the back of her throat. “And when are you gonna give in and join a respectable Guild, huh? Isn’t that where the real money is?”

Jet black hair tied in a loose braid, she leaned back on her hands, the warm spring sun soaking into her golden skin. She’d been trying her hand at needlepoint but had since tossed it to the side, deciding it wasn’t right for her. She hadn’t been too good at it so the canvas wasn’t all that offended to be discarded. Min flicked her neatly-shaped eyebrows at him, almost as though accusing him of something when, really, she simply enjoyed teasing him just as much as her husband.

“What do you mean?” Travis held his arms to the sides. “And give up all this freedom?”

The three of them shared a laugh as they looked out at the field where three kids and one familiar hopped through the flowers.

“He’s very good with the children,” Min said, still watching her children play with Niko, “isn’t he?”

Travis laughed when a blue butterfly landed on Niko’s nose and he swatted at himself in an attempt to get it.

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