Chapter 216: Green Eyed
They set off again with full bellies and Arawn and Evanna ahead of the rest, following the trail. Where before the path had been going up an ongoing hill, it was now flat, the fields bare, skies white and grey. The grass gradually started to become solid, crunching beneath their feet.
Evanna glanced at the ground and back to Arawn, who had been watching her. She blinked up at him, wondering what he was thinking. Instead of his usual stoic and emotionless self, the prince was looking at her with warmth, melting the iciness usually surrounding him. He even seemed more approachable to others, that was. Evanna had been approaching him for some time now.
"Have you ever seen snow before?" Arawn questioned.
Evanna shook her head. "Only in a dream," she trailed off, remembering the dream she first shared with her mother at the beginning of this quest.
"How did your mind conjure up snow if you had never seen it before?" Arawn asked, watching her carefully as his boots crunched into the earth. "*Unless.. your mother dream walked with you?*"
Evanna nodded with a small smile before her gaze scanned their surroundings again. It was embedded in her, in all of them, to stay sharp.
"I know what it looks like and that it is cold.." Evanna slipped slightly on the ground and stopped walking to assess it more. "Why.." She kneeled and ran her gloved hand along the shiny ground.
"Ice. Did you not get it in Dunhurst?" Arawn lowered his hand to assist her to stand again.
Evanna continued to stare at the ground, a little fascinated by it, as she took Arawn’s hand. When their fingers touched, the princess met his burning gaze and was pulled into him more, absorbed in those crystal blue eyes.