Creatures of Snow by Dr. Doctor Doctur Page A

“I have got these too…” He pointed to his face as
two small lines appeared under each eye. “I use an easy mental
trick to block them from view.”
    “ You really have no idea
what I am, do you?” Sara asked with a shake of her head.
    “What do you mean?” He sat
back in his seat.
    Sara pointed to her own
eyes. “These are the eyes of the Children of Chaos from the Blue
Star clan. We see with eyes unclouded. Illusions and tricks of the
mind don’t work on us. We can see through anything.”
    Lee’s face turned as red
as his hair. “I did not realize.”
    “It’s cool that you would
openly show me though. Those marks, they mean you’re royalty,
right?”
    Lee put up his hands and shushed her.
“Please, not so loud. I hide them for a reason. I only told you
because if we become friends it would be awkward later on to
explain why I hid something from you.”
    Sara laughed and sipped her drink with a
shake of her head. “You really do think ahead, eh?”
    Lee smiled back at her awkwardly. He let his
gaze drift out over the street. “This is a nice place. It is
very…quiet.”
    Sara leaned her head back
and looked up at the spattering of stars that illuminated the
darkened sky. “It’s quiet because we’re in the middle of nowhere.
The only thing this planet has going for it is REALM, everything
else is just a dead end.”
    “I could say the same
thing about Agon. If you do not want to be a warrior, there is no
purpose to your life. That is why I wanted to come here. I knew
there must be something else to life besides war and
fighting.”
    Sara smiled up at the stars and closed her
eyes. “You’re quite the stoic hero aren’t you?”
    Lee blushed and turned his
eyes away. When his posture perked up and a look of recognition
crossed his face she followed his gaze only to have her stomach
sink in dread. Over on the other side of the street was Sky, hands
in his pockets, strolling lazily down the walk.
    “ He is from the Academy.”
Lee mumbled.
    “ No, don’t.” Sara hissed
as Lee lifted his arm.
    “ Hello!” Lee shouted over
to Sky.
    Sky’s dazed expression
turned slowly into a sloppy grin when he spotted Lee waving his
large hand in his direction.
    Sara leaned over the table with a pout on
her face. “Why did you call him over here?”
    “ Oh, do you know
him?”
    “Unfortunately.” She
mumbled.
    Sky meandered lazily over to them. She could
have easily made her escape in the time it took him to weave his
way around the courtyard to their table.
    “Nice place.” Sky gestured
around to nothing in particular. “It’s Liam, right?”
    “ Lee is fine, thank you.
And you are Skyden, correct?”
    “You can call me Sky.” Sky
looked down in Sara’s direction. “And Miss Rekkert, so nice to see
you again.”
    Sara put on a very forced
smile and looked up at him. “Just Sara is fine. How’s the eye,
champ? Your pride feeling okay too?”
    Sky laughed and replied, “You know what they
say. Chicks dig scars.”
    Sara gazed up at him with
a totally innocent look. “Well, I’m happy to hit you in the face
anytime.”
    “ She hit you?” Lee asked
with confusion.
    Sara leaned back, a cocky smile on her face
as she draped an arm over the back of her chair. “I wasn’t aiming
for him. He just got in the line of fire.”
    “It’s true.” Sky laughed,
apparently oblivious to her disdain. “It was pretty much my fault.”
The smile faded as he found her glare, “I’m sorta used to using my
face to block stuff, but
    you know you really could have hurt that
girl, right?”
    Sara stood angrily sending
her chair into an indecisive wobble. “She deserved it and you know
it!” She snarled inches from Sky, barely able to handle how close
she was to breathing the same air as him.
    “ Sara…” Lee began with a
bit of confusion over her rapid change in attitude.
    Sara’s eyes lit up with a
fiery rage. “Stop acting like you know anything about
me!”
    “Don’t be mad at him.” Sky
scoffed.