Beneath the Thirteen Moons
“BREATHED MAHRI.
Korl scowled. “It’s not very flattering, you know, when a water-rat’s grateful that a Royal doesn’t love her.”
She laughed, her face aglow, threw pole-strengthened arms around those broad shoulders and hugged him hard. To his credit he held the air in his lungs.
“No, it’s not that,” she laughed. “Although I’m relieved, but that doesn’t mean what I told you about the natives isn’t—oh, never mind. I’ve found the trail!”
Korl hadn’t released her from her hug. “What trail?”
His eyes... were bottomless depths of… “Stop looking at me like that. I’ve found the way to the village, a hint of familiar water.” Mahri tried to wriggle out of his arms, gave up, and just turned to face the bow, his warm body pressed against her back. A small part of her marveled at his reluctance to let her go, how her own body tried to meld with his, despite the disparity of their minds and hearts.
She zealously followed that hint of the village, lost it once when it got overwhelmed with other water Patterns, but finally reached a channel that she recognized.MoreLess
Korl scowled. “It’s not very flattering, you know, when a water-rat’s grateful that a Royal doesn’t love her.”
She laughed, her face aglow, threw pole-strengthened arms around those broad shoulders and hugged him hard. To his credit he held the air in his lungs.
“No, it’s not that,” she laughed. “Although I’m relieved, but that doesn’t mean what I told you about the natives isn’t—oh, never mind. I’ve found the trail!”
Korl hadn’t released her from her hug. “What trail?”
His eyes... were bottomless depths of… “Stop looking at me like that. I’ve found the way to the village, a hint of familiar water.” Mahri tried to wriggle out of his arms, gave up, and just turned to face the bow, his warm body pressed against her back. A small part of her marveled at his reluctance to let her go, how her own body tried to meld with his, despite the disparity of their minds and hearts.
She zealously followed that hint of the village, lost it once when it got overwhelmed with other water Patterns, but finally reached a channel that she recognized.MoreLess
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