08-01-2016, 04:21 PM
Drowning. The imagery wafted as he contemplated the word. Asha struggling to breathe. Attempting to maintain her sense of self while a million emotions swirled, pulling her under.
"You should have told me,"
his voice was harsh. She clung to him like a buoy. His walking away might as well have been water boarding. If he had known otherwise..
In her struggles she identified more holes. Many. Elias didn't need to be told. He knew as fully as she did. Probably more so.
They jumped out of the crowd like dolphins following a boat. Two called to him especially. If only for their sheer might.
"I sense them too,"
he whispered to Asha, easy to do between the curtains of hair draping his face.
"We will stay,"
he proclaimed. "But hold on to me."
He pat her hand, ignoring the soft, feminine touch grazing his fingertips, but didn't hold it. His eyes were fixed ahead, glittering black, studying the fortress.
"It may go badly. But it may be magnificent. Whatever happens. Stay with me. We may need to move quickly."
To where, he didn't specify.
"You should have told me,"
his voice was harsh. She clung to him like a buoy. His walking away might as well have been water boarding. If he had known otherwise..
In her struggles she identified more holes. Many. Elias didn't need to be told. He knew as fully as she did. Probably more so.
They jumped out of the crowd like dolphins following a boat. Two called to him especially. If only for their sheer might.
"I sense them too,"
he whispered to Asha, easy to do between the curtains of hair draping his face.
"We will stay,"
he proclaimed. "But hold on to me."
He pat her hand, ignoring the soft, feminine touch grazing his fingertips, but didn't hold it. His eyes were fixed ahead, glittering black, studying the fortress.
"It may go badly. But it may be magnificent. Whatever happens. Stay with me. We may need to move quickly."
To where, he didn't specify.