Rex lifted his gaze to me, then got to his feet and offered a hand to help me to mine. I took it as he said, “We tell them the truth. We tell them you pose no threat to the A’li-uud, that I brought you back to ascertain what you knew and, over time, we fell in love. We tell them you’re innocent.”
“What could I possibly be guilty of?” I murmured.
“Exactly,” he said, cupping my face in his hands, kissing me gently.
Vi’den rose from the pouf on which he sat and approached us. “We must go now. Take her by the winds; we don’t have time for you to make the journey. Bring her straight to the antechamber before she can be seen. You will wait there with her until you are called.”
Rex and I both nodded our understanding, and Vi’den walked back to the double doors. The moment he opened them and stepped outside, he was gone. Rex took my hand, and we also walked outside, but we didn’t disappear right away. He led me to the fountain before turning to me.
“This is still very dangerous,” he said. “I wouldn’t do it if we didn’t have another choice. I want you to know that.”
“I do know that,” I reassured him.
He bent forward and kissed me again, and, before our lips parted, we were flying. When my feet hit the ground again, I gasped. Before me, there was a massive castle-like structure, complete with ornate doors as tall as a house. It was breathtaking in its beauty, but it was also dark and foreboding like the descriptions of castles in gothic romance novels. I shivered involuntarily as my nerves set in.
“This way,” Rex said, grabbing me by the wrist and pulling me away from the doors.
We rounded part of the castle until we came to a much smaller, single door of ordinary construction. He opened it for me, and I entered first. The room was a big one, but it felt cramped somehow. Statues and shelves lined with tomes and wall-hanging tapestries seemed to fill every single inch, and the gray stone walls felt like they were sinking in on me. There was just one other door in the room, and I was certain it was the door that would bring me before the Elders. I eyed it with trepidation.
Rex came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist, saying nothing. We stood there together without saying anything. Very faintly, I could hear the low rumble of multiple voices speaking at once on the other side of the door, but I couldn’t make out anything being said. It wasn’t until the door swung open—so unexpectedly that I jumped back against Rex—that I could properly hear everything.
“You’re choosing a human’s safety over the safety of our race, Vi’den,” a male was saying furiously. “The Law of Witness was not written to protect terrorists!”
“We won’t know if she’s a terrorist until we speak to her,” another voice chimed in. This one was strange, almost gurgling in its syllable.
“Please bring forth Elder Rexstrenu’us Et’Herba Cam-pes’tribus and the human.”
I recognized the third voice as Vi’den’s. I looked over my shoulder at Rex, and he nodded at me. I turned back toward the door, and the small, young A’li-uud who had opened it brandished a hand, motioning me to walk into the chamber.
“I love you,” Rex whispered in my ear.
I swallowed hard, choked back my fear, and said, “I love you too.”
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Ashley Hunt gained her Philosophy degree in Denver, Colorado at The University of Colorado. She made Denver her permanent home when she married her college sweetheart. Married six years the couple has a adorable daughter and a yellow Labrador named Oodles.
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