The Walk
When the night came Elide was laying next to Abraxos that came to her and use his wing as a blanket, that she accepted with a smile on her face glad that she has him in this moment when she felt so alone, when she was getting tired of the lies, tired of the pain.
She remembers when she first saw him for the first time, he surprises her appearing out of nowhere, his body full of scars and a kind look to Manon, that made Elide question how do a beast like him look so kind, of course was to a witch but still that look on his face made her question him and Manon.
"Go to sleep tomorrow we'll walk more than today" Lorcan said with his eyes closed.
"How do you expect for me to do that?" Elide replied laying on the side of Abraxos getting comfortable.
"You have a beast with wings." He said as if was obvious.
"Stop calling him a beast. His much more than that" Elide said annoyed. Abraxos made a sound that look like a laugh remembering Manon by the tone that Elide spoke.
"You care about him" Lorcan said as if it was nothing.
"I prefer him than you, that's for sure" Elide said closing her eyes.
And with that the night end Lorcan questing everything that Elide said that day, if she was lying when she said that the person that owns Abraxos owns a bigger power that he shouldn't challenged if he want's to live, but to look on Elide face every moment that she looks a the beast is like she is remembering something to makes move forward, something or someone that is so strong with her that from distance still clouds her judgment. He can work with that.
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When morning came Manon was still looking at the sky as if trying to find something.
"We need to get moving" Rowan said preparing for another day of walking in florest.
"Considering what Manon said we need to find Elide, because she has we need right now. Kaltain give it to her" Aelin said.
"How are so sure that Elide has it?" Aedion asked quietly as if to hide the question from Manon.
"Kaltain is smart too like Elide, if she want's revenge this is how she was doing it, taking away something really precious for him with a plus of giving to the niece that he hold captive for years." Aelin answered out and clear to everybody to listen, and with that they starting walking.
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Elide wake up more happy then the others days, she was comfortable on Abraxos side with the light smell of Manon, what she was thank for because it made her feel more safe, but just made her feel something that for her this days since the goodbye that Manon gave to her just after they fled Morath was the warmer feeling that she had.
"Open your eyes i know you are awake" Lorcan said.
"Just because i'm awake doesn't mean that i want to look at you" Elide said annoyed again, since Abraxos appeared she was a lot colder with him.
"If you want to keep dreaming, be my guest but i cannot complain when we take more days to reach Terrasen"
With a huff of Elide and a pout of Abraxos, Elide slowly start standing her leg was hurting more and more each day because of the walks.
"Are you okay Marion?"
"That depends. Do you know how to fix my leg" Elide asked
"No."
"Then, i'm fine just give me a moment"
With take Abraxos make a move to Elide to sit on his back for him to do the walking. He whines when Elide shakes with the pain of standing and almost fall, with Abraxos by her side for her to support in him.
"Get up on the beast and let's keep moving" Lorcan said as if nothing had happened.
Abraxos look at him and growled but stopped to smell the wind.
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"So what are you going to do when you find her?" Aelin asked when she approach Manon that was walking in front of everybody.
"What do you mean"
"I mean, like i said last night we will see about the fact the Elide is a Blackbeak and belongs with you"
"I never said that Elide belongs to me" Manon whispered
"But you never said she didn't, Manon if you let her go i will take her this is my first and final warning"
They start walking side by side when Manon stopped to smell the wind.
"Lorcan" Rowan said as he approach them.
"Not just Lorcan." Manon said and with that start running.
"MANON!" Aelin and Dorian shouted.
But she hasn't stopped running, she felt a pull to that smell she HAS to reach it to see that precious smell that she didn't realize that she missed so much, that she craved for it that she need it, so she run with the speed that surprise her, with the feeling of warm coming to her to more she ran so she did it.
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With Elide by his side he jumped to her front blocking her passage, with a look of great happiness on his face.
"What are you doing" Elide asked with a smile on her face despite his species Abraxos like that looked like a dog preparing to run out side, what Elide find it cute.
"Marion we need to go NOW" Lorcan said with a rush in which she didn't understand.
"No." Elide trust Abraxos even him being what he is she know that he is never going to do anything to hurt her.
"What do you mean NO, we need to move someone is coming"
"Someone that you are afraid of" Elide said
"I'm afraid of nothing"
"Then stay prove it show us who Lorcan is. Someone who stays when scared or someone who runs at the first opportunity" Elide said challenged him.
"You gonna be the death of me" Lorcan said standing like preparing for a fight.
That's when a smell of a person became more strong like if was flying in a amazing speed towards them, the same smell that the beast and Marion he looked to them the beast look like if was a party going on with a face of happiness. But that's is not why he is so surprise is with the fact that Marion trust this thing completely like the two of then were looking for the same thing.
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"Come on we need to go faster" Aelin scream for the rest of the group, she didn't know why Manon start running but she does have a good guess.
"Is the witch crazy why is she running like that?" Aedion asked by her side.
"Smell the wind there's someone with Lorcan" Rowan said
"And Manon never do something just to do." Dorian said between deep breaths, to be honest Aelin start thinking that he was gonna to have a heath attack for running to fast.
"Dorian slow down or you gonna die for running" Aelin said between laughs
"Show off" Dorian whispered
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"it's close, it's close, it's close" Manon was thinking like a mantra that make her move faster each time. That's when she stopped she saw them.
A fea warrior that she already didn't like.
Abraxos looking like he just saw a florest made entirely of flowers.
And Elide, that look like be in pain when she turn around to look who just got there. She was wearing the same closes that Manon give it to her in that day, the day that she say goodbye to her good witch, here's witchling.
But when she realize elides arms was around her neck her face buried in the side of cheek and what was left of her neck, when she realize she was hugging her back.
When she realize she pull Elide just a little to the side and kissed her lips.
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It was strange, in a moment a witch appeared and the other Elide was all over her when i try to move a inch the beast starts growl at me again as if a said "Don't even think about it" and when i realize Rowan has a knife in my neck
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Aelin asked herself why she didn't bet on it she knew, she is almost jumping in happiness because one more time she was right.
But now she has to see if Dorian is still breathing, they can have this moment, she knows she will have hers, to tell Elide every single thing that she always dream, that she was gonna say her mother last words.
But more importantly that she is going to make sure that Elide reach a happiness that is never going away.