Guiding

by Viola Grace

Epilogue

  After they had gone through every inch of the Valley of Shadows, they had moved onto the Wilding Lair. It was a larger site, and it proved that the Wildings were highly territorial.

  Teyha loved exploring with Ekinar at her side, and he gave her surprising insight into the purposes of most of the buildings.

  “When are we getting the new interns?” Ekinar returned to base camp, his shadows flickering as he bent to kiss his mate.

  Teyha smiled for a moment before she remembered what he had asked. “Oh. This afternoon. The mother ship has sent them down, and they are at the archive getting basic orientation with the Gaian volunteers.”

  It had rapidly become apparent to her that once they identified the traps at a site, it was the perfect educational tool for bored teens. Hiska and Ritgar were going to be seeing the Wilding site along with three Gaian teens who had an aptitude for history.

  “Then, we should probably take this time to enjoy our fleeting privacy, my love.” Ekinar lifted her from her desk and swept her to their large bunk at the back of the tent. Life of exploration was not for everyone, but he had taken to it with ease and grace, and when she woke in the dark of night and his beautiful features glowed pure and bright, she knew that her adaptation had come full circle as well.

  Life and love with a strange warrior, not knowing when or if they would have to re-join the mother ship gave their time together a sweetness that it wouldn’t have had otherwise. They had been forced together rapidly and that forging had made them strong.

  About the Author

  Viola Grace was born in Manitoba, Canada where she still resides today. She really likes it there. She has no pets and can barely keep sea monkeys alive for a reasonable amount of time. Her line of day job tends to be analytical which leaves her mind hopping to weave stories. No co-worker is safe from her character analysis. In keeping with busy hands are happy hands, her hobbies have included cross-stitch, needlepoint, quilting, costuming, cake decorating, baking, cooking, metal work, beading, sculpting, painting, doll making, henna tattoos, chain mail, and a few others that have been forgotten. It is quite often that these hobbies make their way into her tales.

  Viola’s fetishes include boots and corsetry, and her greatest weakness is her uncontrollable blush. Her writing actively pursues the Happily Ever After that so rarely occurs in nature. It is an admirable thing and something that we should all strive for. To find one that we truly like, as well as love.