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“No, and I am unsure why the two of you hold such a likeness. Your line is not Familiar. You are tethered in the Darkness.”
My shores, her winged double’s words echoed through her mind.
“You have lived many lives, they have run concurrently the past eight centuries,” Rune explained.
The information settled heavily on Faye. “Am I immortal then. Can I be immortal.” Faye didn’t dare to hope. Afraid to want things that could be taken from her.
Rune brushed his fingers over the back of her hand. “I do not know for certain. I will continue searching for your altar. Darkness willing, your immortality will set when you invoke your blood.”
A hope Faye coveted desperately but feared wanting.
Chapter fifty-five
Fayestudiedherreflection.It had been weeks since she wore her own clothes. They seemed out of place on her and the lack of familiarity with her own belongings left her feeling unsettled. She’d unknowingly grown accustomed to dressing in what Rune gifted her.
In comparison her black trousers and gray sweater seemed simple and plain.
Faye set her winter coat on her bed and finished packing her vials and ointments. A knock pulled her attention away from her task.
Rune stood in the doorway, the glow of hellfire flickering over him. “May I come in?”
Faye nodded as she cinched her pack closed. She shouldered her pack, looking him over. Nothing about this man was inconspicuous. “Can you take me home? I’ll return around sundown.”
“I will accompany you.”
“You’ll terrify the whole village.”
The corner of his mouth lifted. “Prey will always flee a predator.”
Faye glared at him, anger whispering through her veins. “They aren’t animals.” He wanted to court her but continued to look down at her kind. “Maybe it would be better if I went alone,” she said.
A muscle ticked in Rune’s jaw. He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly through his nose. “I would ask you allow me to accompany you.”
Faye smoothed over her temper. He was making an effort and she could do the same. “You’ll need to invisible yourself.” Faye couldn’t have him spooking the whole village.
“You take too much care with these mortals.”
Faye clenched her jaw. “I’m one of those mortals.”
With a pointed look, he said, “You arenotone of them.”
His disdain for Anarians shoved a wedge deeper between them.
Rune’s look softened in response to her anger. “It pains me beyond words that you were subjected to Anaria. You are dark-blooded, meant for so much more than your meager beginnings.”
Faye took a step toward him and hissed, “My meager beginnings shaped who I am.”
He exhaled, searching her gaze. “It is your old life. You belong in dark-blooded society. They are a liability to you at best.”
“I don’t care about dark-bloods or their archaic courts.”
“Youarea dark-blood. It matters not if you care.”
Faye seethed. “Invisible yourself and take me to my village!”
Rune’s shoulders stiffened. He held his hand out to her, biting out the words, “As you command.”
Rune phased them inside her cottage in Anaria. The Ra’Voshnik prowled his mind.Stop angering our queen, it grated.
