12-29-2017, 11:59 AM
Regus jumped to his feet. The jump broke her focus with the bloodstone and she gasped. Regus was furious. It wafted off him like heat from a fire. What had she done? Was he mad that she went outside? He better not be! She was finally Above! She couldn't just sit inside four dark walls and wait!
But then the fury left him. Only a shell remained. A ghost. Valeriya gasped and stepped backward. She'd seen him strike and kill with ease. She was afraid. She had nothing to defend herself either. Nothing but the bloodstone. She gripped it tight until the edges dug into her palm.
She forced herself to speak. Whatever happened to him, she would not shirk away in fear. "Beloved,"
she started, her own voice wary. "Where ever you have gone, you can return. So long as we live, there is hope. The hardest part is over. We have come together. I have waited my whole life for you; as you have waited your whole life for me. Neither of our lives really began until the moment we met. You and I will not be stopped now."
He was cold as death, but the anger and fear that warped his face was fresh in her mind. "Remember the map. The towers of green that touch the sky. The clearing. You have to reach that place. Remember the crown I saw you take? I am the Eye. The Eye knows!"
She stood up to him. Whether he strike her down or not. She would hold her ground.
But then the fury left him. Only a shell remained. A ghost. Valeriya gasped and stepped backward. She'd seen him strike and kill with ease. She was afraid. She had nothing to defend herself either. Nothing but the bloodstone. She gripped it tight until the edges dug into her palm.
She forced herself to speak. Whatever happened to him, she would not shirk away in fear. "Beloved,"
she started, her own voice wary. "Where ever you have gone, you can return. So long as we live, there is hope. The hardest part is over. We have come together. I have waited my whole life for you; as you have waited your whole life for me. Neither of our lives really began until the moment we met. You and I will not be stopped now."
He was cold as death, but the anger and fear that warped his face was fresh in her mind. "Remember the map. The towers of green that touch the sky. The clearing. You have to reach that place. Remember the crown I saw you take? I am the Eye. The Eye knows!"
She stood up to him. Whether he strike her down or not. She would hold her ground.
The Eye of the Khylsty