there is some serious potential to fall in
love.”
“No way,” he said smiling and turning a
little red.
“Trust me. I know these things,” I said and
tapped my temple with my index finger. “I was bitten too, a long
time ago, but I was too young, troubled and self-absorbed to feel
it or know what it was.” My heart sank at the memory of the worst
day of my life. “It took my losing her to realize what had happened
to me, and that I was already in love with her. Just be glad you
don’t have to find out the way I did.”
“Why?”
I smiled bitterly. “Try to imagine how it
feels—the very second you realize you love someone, she’s being
taking away from you, maybe forever.”
He cringed at the thought.
I nodded. “Like I said, be glad you don’t
have to find out like I did.”
It was quiet for a moment. “When were you
bitten?”
I felt myself smiling at the memory. “The
moment I first saw her.”
“Really?”
“Really.” I let my mind drift to that day. “I
was young, but I’ll never forget the way she looked in my eyes. I
was ten, and she was thirteen. She was jumping stones across the
creek. The sun was shining in her hair. She looked like a Sky sent
angel just for me because, when I saw her it was like…it felt
like…everything bad I’d been through just went away. It just
vanished.” I still felt the smile on my face as I went on. “I
watched her for a long time. Of course I was making excuses to
myself like I was only watching her for so long because ‘I have to
have a good attack strategy’”—we both laughed—“or ‘I have to wait
for the right time to…to execute my battle plans.’” He laughed
heartily and I shook my head. “No. I watched her for so long
because when I did, I just knew…I just felt that everything would
be okay. She was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. Just by
looking at her I felt something happen to me, even as young as I
was. She’s my reason to breathe, my reason to hope. She’s my safety
and my peace.”
“I hope I get to feel like that someday.”
“You will,” I said clapping him on the back.
“You will.”
Rabryn sighed. “Well, we’d better get back.
See what Azrel has for us to keep us strong for a while, since we
clearly can’t rest.”
I laughed. “Let’s go then.” We both headed
for the shack.
Chapter Five
Hathum
Fool! I wondered what Jonoic had done to
screw this one up.
“Great plan,” Glondra said flatly. “Are you
ready to listen to me yet? Or do two more of your ‘best’ men have
to fall victim to her before you’ll accept the fact that she’s the
one you’ve been searching for?”
I spun on her. “Glessar and Jonoic weren’t
killed by the assumed White Warrior,” I screamed. “Glessar fell
victim to the Deralilya and you saw for yourself that Jonoic was
killed by that blasted Gold Flower!”
“Uh, speaking of which,” Thaybo piped in,
“did either of you happen to recognize that Gold Flower?”
I snarled, “Of course I did.”
“Oh okay. Just making sure you’re on top of
the game, which you’ve failed to prove to me since this search of
yours began.”
I spun on him, grabbed his throat in my hand,
and bent him backwards over the table. “I don’t need to prove
anything to you, you slime! You’re below me!”
Thaybo laughed heartily, “Are you going to
kill me, Brother?”
I gave his throat a final squeeze while he
chuckled. “If only I could,” I said, releasing his throat.
Damn him! Damn them both! I knew I shouldn’t
have called them in on this! It only made concentration more
difficult. I gripped the back of the chair and bowed my head in
thought. I had no proof the woman was the White Warrior. I wondered
though, whether if I got close enough to her I would be able to
feel the force of the White Fire of the Light Gods’ Power beneath
the negative, black folds of humanity. I could not assume
the White Warrior was someone who had darkness inside her like
love.”
“No way,” he said smiling and turning a
little red.
“Trust me. I know these things,” I said and
tapped my temple with my index finger. “I was bitten too, a long
time ago, but I was too young, troubled and self-absorbed to feel
it or know what it was.” My heart sank at the memory of the worst
day of my life. “It took my losing her to realize what had happened
to me, and that I was already in love with her. Just be glad you
don’t have to find out the way I did.”
“Why?”
I smiled bitterly. “Try to imagine how it
feels—the very second you realize you love someone, she’s being
taking away from you, maybe forever.”
He cringed at the thought.
I nodded. “Like I said, be glad you don’t
have to find out like I did.”
It was quiet for a moment. “When were you
bitten?”
I felt myself smiling at the memory. “The
moment I first saw her.”
“Really?”
“Really.” I let my mind drift to that day. “I
was young, but I’ll never forget the way she looked in my eyes. I
was ten, and she was thirteen. She was jumping stones across the
creek. The sun was shining in her hair. She looked like a Sky sent
angel just for me because, when I saw her it was like…it felt
like…everything bad I’d been through just went away. It just
vanished.” I still felt the smile on my face as I went on. “I
watched her for a long time. Of course I was making excuses to
myself like I was only watching her for so long because ‘I have to
have a good attack strategy’”—we both laughed—“or ‘I have to wait
for the right time to…to execute my battle plans.’” He laughed
heartily and I shook my head. “No. I watched her for so long
because when I did, I just knew…I just felt that everything would
be okay. She was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. Just by
looking at her I felt something happen to me, even as young as I
was. She’s my reason to breathe, my reason to hope. She’s my safety
and my peace.”
“I hope I get to feel like that someday.”
“You will,” I said clapping him on the back.
“You will.”
Rabryn sighed. “Well, we’d better get back.
See what Azrel has for us to keep us strong for a while, since we
clearly can’t rest.”
I laughed. “Let’s go then.” We both headed
for the shack.
Chapter Five
Hathum
Fool! I wondered what Jonoic had done to
screw this one up.
“Great plan,” Glondra said flatly. “Are you
ready to listen to me yet? Or do two more of your ‘best’ men have
to fall victim to her before you’ll accept the fact that she’s the
one you’ve been searching for?”
I spun on her. “Glessar and Jonoic weren’t
killed by the assumed White Warrior,” I screamed. “Glessar fell
victim to the Deralilya and you saw for yourself that Jonoic was
killed by that blasted Gold Flower!”
“Uh, speaking of which,” Thaybo piped in,
“did either of you happen to recognize that Gold Flower?”
I snarled, “Of course I did.”
“Oh okay. Just making sure you’re on top of
the game, which you’ve failed to prove to me since this search of
yours began.”
I spun on him, grabbed his throat in my hand,
and bent him backwards over the table. “I don’t need to prove
anything to you, you slime! You’re below me!”
Thaybo laughed heartily, “Are you going to
kill me, Brother?”
I gave his throat a final squeeze while he
chuckled. “If only I could,” I said, releasing his throat.
Damn him! Damn them both! I knew I shouldn’t
have called them in on this! It only made concentration more
difficult. I gripped the back of the chair and bowed my head in
thought. I had no proof the woman was the White Warrior. I wondered
though, whether if I got close enough to her I would be able to
feel the force of the White Fire of the Light Gods’ Power beneath
the negative, black folds of humanity. I could not assume
the White Warrior was someone who had darkness inside her like
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