~THE NIGHT BEFORE
"THE MOON IS FULLER TONIGHT..."
Gryther lay on his back on a spread of soft blankets when he heard the soft words come to him. It was Elrina, and she was by his side. Both their eyes were pointed up towards the night sky. A few stars twinkled but the moon was fuller, twice the size of a lifted hand, just like she said.
"Yes, it would seem so," Gryther rumbled, his reply coming off deeper than he'd anticipated.
It had being over three months now since he'd saved Elrina from what would have been a terrible fate at the stakes by the hand of the Syverian Lord Commander, Latchlon Pierran. He knew should send the young woman away. But somehow, he couldn't find it in his heart to do so.
