Chapter 8
“I’m beginning to wonder how much longer we can live in secret alongside the humans. The darkness that we thought we had contained in our realms is seeping into this one. I felt it as I stood in the forest of my homeland. Like a tiny crack in a large dam, it’s just a trickle. But that would change over time. We would be fools to believe that it won’t affect the humans. But then we might be bigger fools to think they would accept us as we are.”
~Perizada
The gentle rumble of deep voices and occasional laughter floated through the house as the group relaxed after a stressful day. Peri sat next to Lucian on the back porch staring out into the night sky. He slipped an arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him so that all of her left side was pressed to his right side. She
