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Placing a hand on her bare shoulder, he feels the softness of her skin, both rueing and fondly remembering their night in Severton. She hurts and he knows it—it is something that wouldn't have happened if they were mated. He is angry at his brother that he would have caused her such pain, but it doesn't change the fact that she is now Quell's mate, she is his sister. He must help him and her in whatever way he can, "Coral," he says softly, "I am sorry that you have been put in this situation. He should have told you, but...it hurts him so much. It is an open wound that festered. Being angry at him or her will not help any of this, instead you need to do what you do best and heal him."
Her shoulders slump under his words; she reaches a hand up, resting it on top of his. Their fingers intertwine, their grip firm and comforting. They come to a silent understanding, that though they cannot express their love physically, they can still care for each other and comfort one another in a time of need. They know that no matter what, they will always be able to count on one another.
Vadim squeezes her hand before releasing his grip; he rises slowly. His heart is heavy and he fights to reason with himself—he must let her go. He must learn to put Lynette first despite the fact that he will love Coral until the day he dies. His voice is quiet as he tells her good bye, "Good night, Coral."
- COMMENTS
cantfightfateover 5 years agothat didn't add anything to the story. Let's get back to the main characters.
cantfightfateover 5 years agoI don't think so. No new information. Didn't make me like Vadim any more... Can we get back to Coral and Quell now?
AfterDuskover 5 years agoAuthorI tend not to write linearly, as in sometimes I’ll skip over complete chunks and write a scene that happens much later only to eventually backtrack and fill in the missing bits. This was a part of the story that I did that in and I had a rough time getting up the gumption to fill it in, so in order to find my love of the story again I figured I’d do a little writing exercise and change up the perspective of this bit so I could detail the relationship between Lynette and Vadim.
Once it became clear that their relationship is atypical I realized that without the reader’s understanding of their dynamic, later parts of the story would seem unlikely so I figured I’d publish it anyways even though the change of perspective is a bit jarring and it was a mini story. One day when I finish it all and go through to edit it, I will figure out how to integrate it better. I submitted this part at the same time as the previous part with the intention that they be published together but there was a huge delay. The next few parts were submitted yesterday so they will hopefully be out soon.
Fair warning-even though so far the perspective has been limited to Coral thus far, it won’t be going forward. Again, I might edit the previous bits later on so that it isn’t so jarring.
Ellienora35over 5 years agoI felt like I just reread the last chapter over again instead of moved on with the story. I feel like Vadim is great and hope the two of them end up ruling together when Quell dies without an heir from sheer stubbornness. Or when she gets pregnant and has a female centaur because they are going at it with no birth control. But really when Quell does and she can’t save Lynette, they will have an amazing relationship built out of heartache to become super strong.
It was great to get Vadim’s perspective, but I feel like it could have happened in a memory sequence as he walked back to his Lynette. We could have read about his sex life and the conversation they made about mating while he was sitting there before she came in and thought about the rest of the conversation as he meandered slowly back. And then promptly fierce loved on his new mate.
