Rex said nothing to Kendra about the fact that Olga had shared her story with him.  He thought it best to wait and see how much she wanted to tell him and at what intervals.  He knew that she dreaded telling him anything, but he trusted that she would eventually share all. He held her close through the night and whispered his undying love to her, but made no move to touch her intimately.  It wasn’t because he didn’t want her.  After all of those months of searching, to finally be behind closed doors with her was extremely tempting. His need to touch every inch of her loveliness and assure himself that she was still his was almost overwhelming.  But, the last thing that he wanted to do was to make her feel like she was forced into making love.  She’d had enough of being forced into doing things; both sexually and non-sexually.  When she was ready, she’d make the initiative.  Until then, he’d do his best to be patie

Other than the fact that pulling the cart was physically demanding and taxing, the journey home was uneventful. Although still weak, Felix was feeling more like himself and was able to get out and walk short distances, as did Kendra; giving Rex and Olga brief intervals of reprieve. By the time they reached the compound, they were ready for a hot bath, a good meal, and a long sleep. In that order.Olga insisted that Felix meet her in her special room so that she could better tend to his wound with herbs and sutures that she just didn’t have with her on the trip.  He resisted, but was glad that he eventually gave in to her insistence when he almost immediately felt a reprieve from the throbbing pain that he’d experienced in his groin since Baelil and his men had attacked it with what he was certain was a dull knife. He smiled his thanks and promised to just do a sink wash before heading to bed so that he didn’t jeopardize the stability of the soothing her

Denai cocked her head and scowled. “They have someone who is psychic with them.”“Truly?” Baelil said in an off-handed manner.  He’d allowed Kendra’s taunting to get under his skin and was struggling to keep from charging the house and putting her in her place.“I think it’s a male, but I can’t be sure,” Denai continued with a worried whisper. “Whoever it is has strong energy.  My magic is being blocked too.”Denai considered herself an average psychic with a few magical tricks up her sleeve.  She’d let them believe that she was far more powerful than she was.  She didn’t actually say it in so many words, but she also didn’t deny it when they praised her for her powers and skills.  It had been good fortune that since she joined the populous of Center Land Village there had been no one to challenge or put her abilities to a serious test.  Everyt

Kendra moved amongst the fallen zombies and men, salvaging what arrows that she could from their corpses.  When she came upon Baelil’s lifeless body, she was amazed at how accurate her aim had been in such poor lighting.  It just showed what a driving force hate could be. Determining that the arrow was too damaged by the bone that it had shattered on its way to his heart to be of any further use, she moved away from him without a backward glance.The movement of a zombie that was felled but not killed caught her eye.  She walked over to it, pulled out her knife, and drove it deep into the creature’s skull.  Memories of  looking into the human-like eyes of the zombies that had surrounded the tree that she’d used for safety floated through her mind as she wiped her knife clean and returned it to its holder.Making her way back to the house, she could see Rex and Olga casually leaning against the railing on the porch.  Had t