Echoes And Embers (Rebel Angels)
“Lailah dragged a bench closer to the fire and sat as Alyssa considered the question.
Pushing her fingers through her hair, Alyssa combed the curling strands out of her eyes. “I remember Naomi.”
“Aye. She was the answer to Sariel’s question. It was to Naomi you gave your vow.”
“But Naomi of Monthamn lived over two hundred years ago.”
“True.” Lailah glanced into the fire. Its wavering light cast eerie shadows across her delicate features. “What else do you remember?”
“I was alive two hundred year...s ago?” Her heart pounded. Deep in her being she already knew the answer, had always known.
“Aye.
And two hundred years before that. Do you remember Gideon?”
Eyes like molten gold and a smile that made her stomach flutter. Gideon. His image solidified within the haze. Dark, brooding Gideon. “I remember.”
“What do you remember?”
She licked her lips, frustrated by the ever-swirling mists within her mind. “He was there that day. So were you. We were all there when…”MoreLess
Pushing her fingers through her hair, Alyssa combed the curling strands out of her eyes. “I remember Naomi.”
“Aye. She was the answer to Sariel’s question. It was to Naomi you gave your vow.”
“But Naomi of Monthamn lived over two hundred years ago.”
“True.” Lailah glanced into the fire. Its wavering light cast eerie shadows across her delicate features. “What else do you remember?”
“I was alive two hundred year...s ago?” Her heart pounded. Deep in her being she already knew the answer, had always known.
“Aye.
And two hundred years before that. Do you remember Gideon?”
Eyes like molten gold and a smile that made her stomach flutter. Gideon. His image solidified within the haze. Dark, brooding Gideon. “I remember.”
“What do you remember?”
She licked her lips, frustrated by the ever-swirling mists within her mind. “He was there that day. So were you. We were all there when…”MoreLess
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