”You, too.” the hunters’ son smiled nervously, the prickle of the anticipation sparking along the back of his neck as he looked up from the warden’s belly to her face again. Ease pressed forward with silken fingers as she looked down on him with blue eyes as glorious as the sky above the great expanse of the tundra. He felt the warmth in her smile spread along his arms and push away some of the hesitation he had been feeling.
”Yeah!” Marcus said breathily, turning to usher the warden into his family’s living room. It was an open, broad sort of room with a couch that directly faced the fireplace. The floor was lined with several furs as well as other sitting cushions, and in the corner was the double-sized cradle that the twins no longer used. Marcus stood between the couch and the fireplace, the hearth roaring with bright red and orange flames, and motioned for Evie to find a comfortable place to sit.
Cordelia busied herself in the kitchen, a place where she was out of the way but still within ear shot of the goings on of the evaluation. ”So, what do I have to do?” Marcus asked, arms swinging awkwardly at his side.
”Yeah!” Marcus said breathily, turning to usher the warden into his family’s living room. It was an open, broad sort of room with a couch that directly faced the fireplace. The floor was lined with several furs as well as other sitting cushions, and in the corner was the double-sized cradle that the twins no longer used. Marcus stood between the couch and the fireplace, the hearth roaring with bright red and orange flames, and motioned for Evie to find a comfortable place to sit.
Cordelia busied herself in the kitchen, a place where she was out of the way but still within ear shot of the goings on of the evaluation. ”So, what do I have to do?” Marcus asked, arms swinging awkwardly at his side.
Marcus
Can you hear my heartbeat?
