NovelEnglishWe walked to the dining hall and Hannah kept coming up with ideas.
“I could carry you away with me,” she whispered as we went.
“So you could spend the rest of your days protectingfrom every other creature on this planet?” I asked Looking down at her. “That is far too much responsibility for you to shoulder.”
“And we would miss you, Ciara,” Christof said softly. I looked back and he appeared hurt. “As I would miss you,” I told him squeezing his hand and watching him brighten.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“So you get to keep her,” Hannah said sounding angry.
“You will get to see her everyday and talk to her whenever you Like. She is my Mama and I don’t ever get to see her again!!!!”
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I could see Little Hannah’s temper flare. She was a mighty beast when she was angry. No one wanted to see that.
“Nu-reeh has always said where you settle is up to you,” Damien said.
“If you settled here perhaps you could arrange with Nu-reeh to visit with her.”
“The women seem to barter for things,” Christof said, “Nu-reeh would probably trade with you.”
“To see my own mother,” Hannah spit out.
“How generous of her.”
We passed an exit and Hannah looked up at me.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“I need air, Mama,” she said sharply.
“I’LL see you in a while.”
She took off before I could say anything to stop her.
It crushedto watch her disappear into the clouds. Futilely a hand reached out in an effort to pull her back to me. I had wanted to spend the day with her. We could have talked, perhaps I could have helped her accept this. Instead she had run fromand I was too weak to stop her from going.
“Enough tears, Ciara,” Bane whispered into my ear wiping my cheeks. “The Little one has just gone to cool her temper. You know how dangerous she can be.”
“She talks to us at night,” Kein whispered pullingalong. “She worries for your fragile skin around her weapons and you have no sensible fear of her at all. If she has another rage attack, she’s afraid she could injure you by accident.”
Evan tugged at my other hand as he spoke. “You don’t heal like us, she knows this. Let her go somewhere and expend her energy safely.”
We walked the rest of the way to the dining hall and took our seats. The meal was good the men said. It had very little flavor for me. Despite their assurances, I missed my Hannah. To lose even a moment of this borrowed twas too much.
The whoosh of air broughtback to the present as Hannah Landed beside me. She was grinning and seemed much more relaxed.
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