The Book of You and I
Azariah
08-16-2020, 03:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-06-2020, 11:56 PM by Ulric.)
They had spent a solid day traveling from the north back down through the heart of Boreas until they finally reached the eastern portion of the continent. They passed by the waterfalls and the hot springs that he often visited, but that wasn't the place that he thought of as home. By the time they reached the Lover's Mangroves it was evening and the sun was beginning to set. He was actually happy that it was later in the day when they arrived there because he knew the mangroves really came to life at night so Azariah would get to see it in its most wonderful and beautiful version. As he led her into the dense forest of the mangroves the soft glow that always radiated through this place at night began to glimmer around them and it reminded him a bit of the fireflies that had flown around them by the falls the night before. He came to a stop in the middle of the mangroves and turned to face the woman that he had led here, giving her a warm smile while his tail wagged gently behind him. The whole trip here he kept waiting for this strange infatuation with her to fade, but if anything it just grew. Things felt so easy and so free around her and he couldn't help but smile when he looked at her. It made him wonder if this was how his mother and father had felt when they looked at each other, but he quickly abandoned the thought. Thinking of his father always pulled his mood down and he didn't want anything to disrupt this moment. "Well, this is the Lover's Mangroves," he told her, glancing around at the trees around them before bringing his gaze back to Azariah's. He really wished he could think of a reason to explain away the small flutter he felt in his stomach every time he looked at her, but he just couldn't do it. "What do you think?" |
