The intimate morning was bringing a warmth to Julianna's heart that had been chilled by those few nights in Eskra alone. Eohgan's willingness to learn the kitten's name and his promise to visit her left her feeling more optimistic than she had in weeks. His faith in her ability to raise the small animals made her swell with pride. Her fingers curled over the top of his hand and she squeezed gently. "I'll be fine," she said with a reassuring smile. "We will be fine."
It was a week and a half before she saw Eoghan again and in the days that followed Eoghan kept his promise to visit her. He brought her supplies and checked in on the kittens and shared meals with her. They did not speak of their tryst and another...incident did not happen. He was courteous and accommodating. They were friendly, and he held true to the mantra he had drilled into her the night he had saved her life.
You will learn the forest. You will visit the temple. You will endure my mother's abuse.
The latter had not been something she had to deal with too much. Lady Ishara was too busy planning for some upcoming solstice festival to be giving Julianna too much of a hard time. She also wondered if perhaps Eoghan had said something to her to make her back off.
He had yet to take her to the temple he tended, and she wondered the reason for it.
Julianna's kittens grew at a rapid pace, likely to keep up with the large beasts they were meant to become in their adulthood. They were several pounds, lithe and powerful even as only six weeks passed since they were in her care. Eoghan always seemed pleased with their development and Julianna begged him to help her teach the two males how to hunt. Like he and Frostfang did.
He had agreed and the first bit of training was for the three of them to learn the forest. He had been teaching her how to navigate, how to make traps and set them up to capture small game. Eoghan had taught her how to clean and prepare their prizes.
Julianna was kneeling in the snow. Resetting one of the traps along the path that Eoghan often used. The pack slung over her shoulder was already heavy with rabbits and pine marten. She was kept warm by heavy furs and a healthy layer of healthy weight she'd gained from Eskran cooking. Aiol and Haul, her two males stood watch nearby.
Julianna's ear twitched, feeling as if she sensed a presence nearby. Her fingers slowed, as she turned her attention to her surroundings.
From the blank whiteness of the forest, an arrow soared passed the right side of her face. The force of it's wake, and closeness to her head, knocked back her hood, revealing her ears that sprung to attention. It lodged into a tree at her bacl. A warning. Julianna pulled a knife from her coat and launched it into the direction the arrow had come. A warning of her own.
"Show yourself," she demanded to her unknown assailant.
βββ
It was a week and a half before she saw Eoghan again and in the days that followed Eoghan kept his promise to visit her. He brought her supplies and checked in on the kittens and shared meals with her. They did not speak of their tryst and another...incident did not happen. He was courteous and accommodating. They were friendly, and he held true to the mantra he had drilled into her the night he had saved her life.
You will learn the forest. You will visit the temple. You will endure my mother's abuse.
The latter had not been something she had to deal with too much. Lady Ishara was too busy planning for some upcoming solstice festival to be giving Julianna too much of a hard time. She also wondered if perhaps Eoghan had said something to her to make her back off.
He had yet to take her to the temple he tended, and she wondered the reason for it.
Julianna's kittens grew at a rapid pace, likely to keep up with the large beasts they were meant to become in their adulthood. They were several pounds, lithe and powerful even as only six weeks passed since they were in her care. Eoghan always seemed pleased with their development and Julianna begged him to help her teach the two males how to hunt. Like he and Frostfang did.
He had agreed and the first bit of training was for the three of them to learn the forest. He had been teaching her how to navigate, how to make traps and set them up to capture small game. Eoghan had taught her how to clean and prepare their prizes.
Julianna was kneeling in the snow. Resetting one of the traps along the path that Eoghan often used. The pack slung over her shoulder was already heavy with rabbits and pine marten. She was kept warm by heavy furs and a healthy layer of healthy weight she'd gained from Eskran cooking. Aiol and Haul, her two males stood watch nearby.
Julianna's ear twitched, feeling as if she sensed a presence nearby. Her fingers slowed, as she turned her attention to her surroundings.
From the blank whiteness of the forest, an arrow soared passed the right side of her face. The force of it's wake, and closeness to her head, knocked back her hood, revealing her ears that sprung to attention. It lodged into a tree at her bacl. A warning. Julianna pulled a knife from her coat and launched it into the direction the arrow had come. A warning of her own.
"Show yourself," she demanded to her unknown assailant.
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and itβs you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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