.....Later that night in a room without light......
..Shawnsa..
She lay there,
silver's taste still on her lips,
her scent, (forever that of the earth and the sea, marred faintly by the smell of blood), lingered,
She knew in her heart there was nothing she would not do for the woman she knew as silvermane.
She knew that woman felt the same about her.
There was magic in silver,
It flowed freely through her,
lighting her hair the color of lightly polished silver,
her skin the color of the waxing moon
She ran her hands over silvers back, careful of the one or two lashes that were still healing
Trogar had been particularly vicious to her this time
her magic both intrigued him and angered him
he sought to unlock its secrets, test its power
But part of silvers magic was that she could wall her essence against pain
retreat to her core till the bodies torture was ended
slowly flow back out... repairing the body before fully re entering it.
part of silvers magic was life itself
She snuggled against silver, her mind at peace
tonight was truely AJ's birthday
they had perhaps three days till the deception would be obvious
Three days for AJ to find if she would be blessed with magic as well.
Then they would leave this place
find a new one where they could live as a family
where there would be no terror
only comfort and love
She fell to sleep dreaming that this was so