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Bring Him Home

Author: A. L. Lacey
last update publish date: 2026-10-20 13:22:05

By the time I found Carlin again, my headache had become the least important thing in the world. The room was crowded. Seekers stood shoulder to shoulder around a long wooden table, some still wearing armor. Mud covered boots. Bandages wrapped arms and heads. One man had dried blood streaked across the side of his face, and I couldn't tell whether it belonged to him.

No one spoke above a murmur. Carlin stood near th

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  • Finding The Cure: An Order Of Love   Bring Him Home

    By the time I found Carlin again, my headache had become the least important thing in the world. The room was crowded. Seekers stood shoulder to shoulder around a long wooden table, some still wearing armor. Mud covered boots. Bandages wrapped arms and heads. One man had dried blood streaked across the side of his face, and I couldn't tell whether it belonged to him.No one spoke above a murmur. Carlin stood near the back. Ev was beside him. Zeph stood on her other side, arms folded tightly across his chest. I slipped through the doorway. Carlin noticed me immediately.Of course he did.His eyes traveled over me, probably checking that I'd managed to dress myself without falling over, before settling on my face.I moved beside him. "What happened?"

  • Finding The Cure: An Order Of Love   Waking In the Wrong Bed

    My first thought upon waking was that my head had been split open with an axe. My second was that someone had stuffed wool into my mouth. My third was that my bed smelled wrong. I kept my eyes closed. That seemed safest. The pillow beneath my cheek smelled faintly of leather, pine, and something warm I couldn't place. Something distinctly… Manly.My eyes snapped open. Instant regret. Pain stabbed through my skull, and I groaned, squeezing them shut again."Nope."Whatever was happening could wait. Death seemed preferable. I pulled the blanket higher and tried to disappear beneath it. Then memories began crawling out of whatever dark hole the alcohol had shoved them into. Zin. A bottle. My legs being warm. Laughing. Then Carlin.You're pretty.

  • Finding The Cure: An Order Of Love   Half-Elf, Fully Drunk

    "Easy, love."I froze, then closed my eyes. Of course, I thought. When I opened them again, Zin grinned at me."You're out late.""So are you." I pointed out."Yes, but I'm an assassin."I stared at her. "And that means?""I keep unusual hours.""That explains absolutely nothing." I rolled my eyes."It explains most things about me."She released my shoulders, but her eyes immediately traveled past me. Toward the direction Zeph had gone. Her eyebrows lifted.I knew that look. "Don't."

  • Finding The Cure: An Order Of Love   Broody Under The Moon Light

    The rest of dinner passed by in a blur. I forced myself to eat, not wanting Carlin to have a reason to hover, especially after he'd already seen me collapse from forgetting to eat before. He was already protective, and now, with everything that had happened, I knew he'd be even more so. However, the knowledge that I *needed* to eat and the *desire* to eat were two very different things. I listlessly pushed a piece of food around my plate with my fork. Suddenly, someone spoke across the table, but I couldn't even register what they said. Ev let out a laugh, and then Zin said something that elicited a mutter from Carlin that sounded suspiciously like a threat.Normally, I would have listened and probably contributed. However, tonight their voices blurred together, becoming little more than noise. The word "elf" kept circling through my thoughts. My fingers drifted toward my ear before I caught myself a

  • Finding The Cure: An Order Of Love   Bread, Bickering, and Betrayal

    I looked at my hands. They were trembling so badly that the spoon rattled against the table.“My whole life is built around something they took from me.”Carlin leaned closer, lowering his voice even though everyone at the table was already listening.“It only matters because it matters to you,” he said. “It matters because someone lied to you. It matters because they hurt you and taught you to hide part of yourself.” His gaze flicked toward my exposed ears. “But it doesn’t change who you are.”My throat tightened. “You didn’t know what I was ten minutes ago.”“I knew exactly what you were.” Carlin said with a crooked grin

  • Finding The Cure: An Order Of Love   Scarred Memories

    “I think you’re half-elf.”The words struck the table like a dropped blade. Before I could decide whether to laugh, argue, or admit that some terrible part of me already believed him, Ev slammed her cup down. Water jumped over the rim.“Zeph there is a time and place for such an announcement.” Ev SnappedZeph turned toward her. “The timing is irrelevant.”“The timing is absolutely relevant.” Ev bit back.7“Would the truth be different if I waited until morning?” Zeph countered“No, but perhaps Nera would prefer not to have her entire identity torn apart while holding a spoon.”

  • Finding The Cure: An Order Of Love   Wake-Up Calls and Other Forms of Torture pt 1

    “Come on, Nera! Wake up! We have very important company today!” The shrill voice of my lady's maid Hana cut through my dreams like a knife. I groaned, curling deeper into the tangle of sheets, I didn’t want to get up. I was having such a nice dream of the forest. Another knock on my door had me fi

  • Finding The Cure: An Order Of Love   The Price of Disobedience

    That was a clear threat. My stomach knotted so tightly I thought I might be sick. The murderous glint in Remier’s eyes almost pinned me in place. Move. I had to move. By the grace of the goddess, my legs obeyed, carrying me down the corridor toward my father’s study.Knock. Knock. Knock“Come in.”

  • Finding The Cure: An Order Of Love   In the Shadows of the Kitchen

    After that tense moment, my father dismissed me with a flick of his hand, ordering me back to my chambers as though I were a disobedient child. Humiliation burned through me hotter than the hearthfires, my fists clenching at my sides as I stormed away, my footsteps snapping against the cold stone f

  • Finding The Cure: An Order Of Love   Sunseekers, Suitors, and Stupidity

    My parents sat at the head of the hall, commanding every gaze. Father’s broad shoulders filled his high-backed chair, Mother’s poise as sharp as any blade. Both wore deep green trimmed with brown. The colors of House Verden, echoing the forests that bound our lands. Father’s gaze pinned me the mome

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