“Trust in the magic of the Goddess. It’s what we fae are taught from the moment we are born. Trust Oona’s guidance. She always speaks, she always hears and she always protects.”
Hearing him speak with such certainty strikes me down.
Trust.
Such a simple concept, yet I find it hard to imagine what that must look like. I certainly did not trust the priestesses or the servants at the temple.
Shifting our bodies closer together, Rivern cups my cheeks. “You can trust me.”
Naturally, my whole body presses into his, the blaze within me sparking for a whole new reason.
“Excuse me, Rivern… Dove, the plan?” a voice behind us pipes up.
The fae towering over me does not shift as we bask in our inferno.
Eye to eye.
Heart to heart.
He’s not going to leave me.
“Rivern?” I question as I keep my hands glued to my body, fighting the intensity of our connection.
“Yes?”
Sighing, I say, “Tell Lucas your plan.”
With a soul-shattering smile, Rivern turns to face Lucas, but not before connecting his luscious, soft lips to my forehead, leaving me floating behind him.
“That went well.” Rivern grins, pleased that he got what he wanted.
We didn’t have time to argue with the dyre wolf on our tail.
Seeing the magic the wisps elicited with their own eyes, the villagers eventually relented that our separation was a good plan. No one wants a dyre wolf on their back.
I instructed the wisps to take the villagers to the other fae within Terra, and Rivern gave the troop a general verbal guide of the terrain up to the northern peaks. It is a straight shot, several turns of the suns by foot. If they veer off to the left, they will hit a place called the void, and if they veer too far right, they will find the ocean. Once they locate the lake in the centre of the forest, they just need to go around it and continue on until they discover the mountains.
As farmers, they are used to working with the land, so they eagerly took everything Rivern said on board.
Even the suns shine brighter over this side of the mountain, and the villagers noticed, too. There is no going back for them. I could see it in their new conviction to continue.
Rivern informed them that the terrain is rough in parts, but the wisps would help them through the harder areas and support them in all their needs, from finding fresh water to creating shelter.
The scariest thing in this wood is the dyre wolf currently barrelling towardsme, so our separation was needed in the end.
Looking towards the suns in the sky, I take a deep breath.
Opening my eyes, I am no calmer in my irritation with the fae next to me, so I take advantage of our proximity and kick him in the shin. “Ouch,” I give a little gasp at the stone leg I just slammed my boot into.
“Oh, Little Dove,” his humorous laugh reaches me.
It’s like I barely touched him! What is he made of?
Stormingoff ahead, I move swiftly away from him.
“Where are you going?” He moves behind me, weaving through tree trunks.
Ignoring him, I continue forward with no destination in mind.This bond is suffocating me!I yell internally.
