The Elementals
“She’d had that dream too often of late, of the sun growing until it consumed her. It stretched brilliant arms across the sunset, gathering her in tendril fingers. Instead of reducing her to ash, she became part of the flame; she twisted with it, disappeared into it. It wasn’t a nightmare. That’s what made it terrible.
But that’s not what woke her.
Fire still danced on her skin, heat that dissipated when she threw the covers back. Something was wrong. Missing, but she couldn’t place it. Though t...he house was shuttered, closed to wait for the next tenants, it was too quiet.
Slipping from bed, she found the floor cold under her feet. That chased away the last of her heat. Wrapped in one of Nathaniel’s old shirts, she pulled on her robe and took her time with the tie.
The walls seemed to stretch too high. The moonlight through the windows shone too bright. Unnerved by the quiet, she rounded the bed and stood at Nathaniel’s feet.
With his face buried in the pillows, Nathaniel was nothing but a dark figure in the sheets, one that smelled faintly of musk and bay rum.MoreLess
But that’s not what woke her.
Fire still danced on her skin, heat that dissipated when she threw the covers back. Something was wrong. Missing, but she couldn’t place it. Though t...he house was shuttered, closed to wait for the next tenants, it was too quiet.
Slipping from bed, she found the floor cold under her feet. That chased away the last of her heat. Wrapped in one of Nathaniel’s old shirts, she pulled on her robe and took her time with the tie.
The walls seemed to stretch too high. The moonlight through the windows shone too bright. Unnerved by the quiet, she rounded the bed and stood at Nathaniel’s feet.
With his face buried in the pillows, Nathaniel was nothing but a dark figure in the sheets, one that smelled faintly of musk and bay rum.MoreLess
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