Cities of Power Ch. 02

"No risk, No reward," Venn chuckled and kicked Edge. "Talon and I have something to do." Edge grumbled but sat up and blinked his eyes as Venn and Talon melted into the forest.

Venn watched from the edge of the trees as Talon silently approached the window of the room he was certain belonged to Trix. Knocking gently he woke her, and she opened the window pane. He grasped her face between his hands, and kissed her, "I think I love you," he murmured, "I came only to see you. You are always in my mind." Talon confessed and kissed her again.

Trix smiled widely, "I think I love you too," she whispered into his kiss. He climbed through the window and held her close, his kisses heated and filled with desire as he hands ran down over the thin short night gown she wore, "You can't be here," she whispered, "They will kill you if they hear us."

"Come with me," he said rashly aware of the adrenaline that ran through him, not just from the risk of seeing her but from holding her body so close.

She was silent, and she felt the hurt in him as his body stiffened, "Not yet," she had whispered, "I cannot leave now." She wasn't quite sure why she couldn't, but she knew it was wrong to leave right now but she couldn't voice her fears.

Talon's arms tightened around her again as he realised she had not refused him entirely, and his head dipped to kiss her deeply again before climbing back out of the window and standing to look at her the thin nightgown doing little to disguise her body as he smiled.

"The truth is we have come for Mason, this time. Mica wants to show him his new world, they will not be judged in the city as here in the wilderness," Talon looked at her, she made him feel his own recklessness in his need to see her again and again. He reached through the window to pull her close, and as he kissed her a last time, he murmured, "Mica deserves to be happy, but I will return for you. Soon."

"I will see you again," Trix whispered, and Talon disappeared back into the forest.

The following morning Mason farewelled his parents and took his tools to work in the quarry, he never arrived at the rocky outcrop, and the search for him revealed nothing, it was as if he disappeared into thin air. The walls surrounding the town rose with haste as the young men of the village were kept close to home, the taking of Mica and the disappearance of Mason having affected them all.