Passion by Jadyenne Remkes (novel24 txt) 📖

probably at the motion of my muscles tensing. Someone else was here, I'm not even sure if this person is human. "Don't fret children. Sun'll be up soon as minutes." Someone who sounds female whispers in my right ear. IO open my eyes wider, looking ofr a sign of light beginning to rise. I see none. I hear the woman breathing in my ear, I shiver and clutch Ian's arm. He pulls me closer until I am sitting nearly in his lap. "Who are you?" Ian asks, his voice sounds steady, but his arms tighten around ,e a tiny bit. Just enough for me to notice. "Me? Who are you?" Her voice was quirky and I feel someone touching my hair. I sink lower into Ian's arms, making a quiet squeak I do when I'm uncomfortable. "Quit touching me!" Riley screams moments later from somewhere quite close to me. In a matter of seconds my eyes dilate violently. I squeeze them shut as quickly as my muscles will react. I hear the gasps of my family as they realize the sun has come up. When I venture to open my eyes once again I see a small light blue face with bright green eyes in front of mine. I jump back, knocking Ian over and making a huge fool of myself, the small creature begins to giggle and laugh. She was a girl by sight, only three feet tall and resembled a child. She smiles up at me like a creepy little doll. I keep my distance when Ian repeats his question. "Who are you?" She giggles and jumps up and down. "Don't you know, I am a Nymph! A forest Nymph. Alara sent me to fetch The Four, a great honor indeed. " A Nymph?" David asks curiously, like he wanted to study her. "You know David, like a pixie or a Sprite, but their grounded." He turns to me. "Right?" I look at his curiously. "Why are you asking me?" I demand with a smile on my face."You're the one that writes fantasy novels, or at least have tried to." "Okay, okay, there are a ton of mystical creatures, Nymphs are protectors of their realm, hers being the Forrest, her kind nourishes the tree and plants, even ensures the lives of the animals that live there. The small child like creature smiles and nods. "My name is Leia, that is what you may call me." I eye her lightly and she begins to dance a little. "Come with me children, and see Alara. She's been waiting for you for quite some years." Riley turns to me. "Why does she keep calling us children?" I shrug, if you asked me I would say that she was the one that was the child around here. I turn to Ian who takes my hand and helps me to my feet. Goosebumps rise on my bare skin and I start to walk, stepping lightly to avoid impaling my feet with stones and sharp twigs. David throws me a nervous glance. I smile a little to reassure him and he takes Riley by the arm to help her up, we follow the little jumping Nymph through her Wood. She leads us through a winding path on no particular marked route for a long time. My feet had begun to ache and bleed from being poked various times. My legs had been scratched up to the brim of my long t-shirt. I am more tired than I have ever been and I stop to lean against a tree. Ian stops beside me brushing the dirty hair out of my face, he kisses me lightly and pulls me into his arms. I protest weakly but I don't have the strength to really fight like I normally would. He carried me in his arms as delicately as you would a baby or small child. His steady breath and the light rythm of his feet on the ground was lulling me to sleep. I fought it, I wasn't supposed to be the strong person, and now I was being so weak. Can't even carry myself, and sleeping on the job. Where was my spine? Jeeze, I was insulting my entire family. I reprimanded myself over and over again, but nothing stopped it. I fall asleep in his arms. I wake up with the sun shining on my face, slightly irritated I groan and cover my eyes. When I know that there is no chance that I can get back to my dream world, I open my eyes. Ian is asleep next to me on a bed of grass surrounded by beautiful flowers, David and Riley only feet away from us, I sit up and lay Ian's arm down lightly beside me. A little bit away from me there is a small cottage life house, and a pond much like the one near my own home, though there was a ten foot water fall splashing into it, the flowers were tall and multi-colored here. I has never seen such beauty in my life. Even the sound of the wind and the combined smells of nature made the most amazing scent I had ever experienced. I stand trying to take the entire scenery in at once. I walk toward the small cottage like home, and I sense a slight familiarity about its energy.


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Publication Date: 05-02-2010

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Dedication:
For all those people who believe in a love like this.