Choices - Part 4

GAHRYE

He was creeping out of the Cave bedroom when he heard Reth's heavy footsteps echoing through the cave. He hurried forward to intercept the King, to let him know that Elia was asleep. Silently, he thanked the Creator that Reth hadn't arrived twenty minutes earlier when he and Elia had been discussing the disformed and the prophecy.

He rounded the corner into the dining room area to find Reth striding through, a young female at his right.

Reth's eyes sparked when he saw Gahrye, but he stifled the Alpha instinct to dominate and his face got serious. "Is she okay?"

"She's fine, she's just tired. She fell asleep a few minutes ago. I was just going to go get Aymora to watch her. I need to… figure out a house."

Reth's eyes widened. "You're still not in your home?"