11-17-2016, 06:26 AM
now don’t you understand…that I’m never changing who I am?
Their home had gone silent.
The whispers of the fire-eating tigers have dissipated into nothing, and Reagan is now in search of new blood to fill her forest. She misses the life and the laughter that had first been there when the families had filled it. Romek and Maribel gone, Ruan and Reagan had taken control as caretakers of the forest. And still, they wanted to share with others.
The first one Reagan thought of was Lilitha. And so the pregnant mare sets out for the forest, where she knows the little fire-breather to be, and looks for her. The daughter of Offspring was as hotheaded as her old man, and it had been a rather embarrassing display atop the mountain that now gave her a restlessness that came from not having a home. But Reagan knew that her beloved Jinju had gone in search of her sister and had spent some time with her underneath the trees.
Now it was Reagan’s turn to find her. Without her magic, she found herself groping about blindly, hoping that her voice was enough to carry to Lilitha’s ears—because that’s all she had.
“Lilitha? Lilitha! Are you here?”