"And you let her get away, just like that?"
Shuryntus winced under the Dragon's almost tangible anger. Her hair flamed around in a wild mess, making her look unstable and crazed.
"Well," Raenel pulled a thin strand of blonde hair from the loose ponytail at the nape of her neck, twirling it absently around a long finger, "perhaps it's better this way. She is a foolish woman. Let her go missing."
"Don't say such things, Raenel. She may be a little strange, but she is still the Phoenix. It is my job to guard her…"
"And what a wonderful job you've done, Shuryntus." Mae growled, her hands curling into claws. "She is not in any of her normal hiding places; when the hell could she be?" The Dragon slammed her fist into the table. The knuckles on her right hand began to bleed furiously, but she paid no heed. "We have to find her. What did she say to you, before she left?"
Ry took a deep breath. "She was upset; I knew she had not been eating or sleeping for several days. The last I saw of her she was crying, telling me her own wife despised her and she couldn't stand it any longer." The guard was careful not to look in Maellyn's eyes.
There was silence for a moment. It was so complete and uncomfortable, it thundered in Ry's ears worse than the Dragon's seething rage.
"She thinks that of me?" Her voice was small, tired, and blurred with something like pain.
"Yes, Dragon."
There were tears glimmering in the emerald of the Dragon's eyes; her rage had faded into nothingness. Ry was shocked, his lips parting in soft surprise. Even Raenel looked dazed, something dark and startled in her pretty face. "If something happens to her, it will be all my fault." Her fists crashed into the desk, some of the dark wood splintering from the beating. "I'm going after her." Maellyn threw herself into the closet, pulling out clothes for travel.
Mae was pulling on the boots before Raenel got over her shock enough to join her. Colin, who had been huddling by the door, as far from the Dragon's anger as he could manage, stepped forward to stand next to Ry.
Colin's voice was low and grated, scratching from his throat. "She won't let us come with her, not matter what Raenel says."
Ry nodded in response. "That's just what we need is two missing Dawns."
Long time no see. Yeah, I know. I haven't done much writing at all the the past few weeks; work has been crazy, and I'm going ot summer school, and when I get home, I'm usually so tired, I throw myself into bed with an Anita Blake novel. I bought a whole bunch of Luis Royo art books too, and I've been drooling over those. Anyway, this is a short chapter, the only one not in Kalli's POV. There's a reason for that, I guess. It was short cause I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. It had been awhile since I'd written anything, so I sat down and forced myself to write.
The first thing I wrote was this very strange Anita Blake fanfic, and it was really badly written and just well... really bad. But it got me in the mood to write. So I wrote another shorter story about cats. So when I felt like I'd written enough where everything didn't suck again, I let myself start a new chapter in both Break and My Sinful Blue. Which is nice. I have Chapter 10 of this story half done, and Chapter four of Cerulean and me about half done too. Look for more updates! Once I have some more energy, I'll finish Gate to the Second Landing. Thanks for being patient with me; I know I'm a pain in the ass. Much love to Inky, and to AlariaoftheDragons. Much love all around.
Hopefully I'll bb soon. Hearts and all that crap,
Mina