Chapter 17: Kuramji
That morning, they had their breakfast before packing up and setting out on the road again. The atmosphere was a lot calmer than the day before; their travel mainly consisted of their horses trotting along the path. Axel led the way with Ronan next to him, followed by Ger and Evanna and behind the group by a few paces was Cilv. Although the men of the group were chatting happily, Evanna stayed quiet, too absorbed in her own thoughts to take part.
She could not help but think about her dream the night before; it was very vivid and quite odd. Usually, her dreams would all but be forgotten the following morning, yet this one stuck to her mind like a spider’s web. Although she had not been to the place in her dream, it felt real and looked incredibly realistic; even her mother’s features were not blurred.
The only difference was that her mother looked healthy, and with that last thought, she pushed the dream to the back of her mind. It was just her subconscious making her feel better about her mother. She was setting out on this journey to get a gem that would heal her mother. Any guilt that had been manifesting in her mind about leaving her mother was now going. Once she had the gem, it would all be over.
As they continued on, the path ahead of them started to branch out into different directions; Axel began to lead on the far right path. Ger trotted ahead from his position to speak to Axel about the direction he was taking them in. Before Evanna could speak up and question what the issue was, Ronan fell back in stride with her; Midknight made a noise at the new horse next to him in greeting.
"How are you doing on this fine morning, milady?" He asked her with a dazzling smile; she could not help smiling back at his boyish charm,
"I am excellent, Ronan, and how are you?"
"Better now I have a beautiful woman next to me," Before she could respond, his right hand made a swift action and now held in his hand was a pink daisy "For you", he brought the flower forwards for her to reach out and grab it.
She grasped the flower without touching his hand; though her gloves were in between them, she did not want him getting the wrong impression. He chuckled in response to her action.
"Thank you. I did not know you were such a magician," She placed the flower at the bottom part of her plait, making it stand out brightly against her raven locks.
"Merely parlour tricks. I am glad to see you smiling again," With Ronan’s response, she turned her head to look back at him, baffled. He smiled gently back at her, "You seemed a little lost earlier."
"Oh", She breathed, "I erm, I had a strange dream and was trying to determine what it meant to me."