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much of a chance at life as possible. We’ll send out
Morak and some of his elves to pick off as many creatures as he
can, while the rest of the army moves out.”
    Morak jerked his head once in agreement, as
he continued to stare at the image still on display in Morgo’s
bowl. Morak had been training his own group of elves in the art of
shooting a bow and arrow as this was his strength. “It won’t be
much, but we’ll do what we can from a distance,” Morak said
calmly.
    “Stay as far away as you can. Don’t get in a
direct battle until we have all collected and made ready to fight.
We’re already severely outnumbered so let’s not make that gap even
wider. However, I want you to cause as much damage as possible,”
Tark said, not taking his eyes off Galena. “The rest of us need to
get prepared to head out in the morning. Morgo, tell Pangoro what
to look for once we’re gone so he’ll know when to give the
villagers the heads up on when to leave. The rest of you spread the
word. We leave for battle tomorrow morning at sunrise.”
     

 
    Chapter
Three
     
    Galena stared across the fire at Elenio. The
heartache she associated every time she looked at him, faded to
almost nothing thanks to Mira. She had been able to sleep
peacefully the last couple of nights without any dreams at all.
Galena counted this as a blessing, and smiled as she continued to
watch Elenio eat his sweet bread with great enthusiasm.
    “Hungry?” she asked, smirking at him while
she chewed on a grape.
    “That’s a minor understatement. If you hadn’t
stopped when you did, I might have resorted to knocking you out
with a big branch so I could eat,” he said winking an eye at
her.
    She smiled and shifted her gaze to the fire,
fighting an image from the cave that came to mind.
    “I know what you’re going through,” she heard
Elenio say quietly.
    She looked up to see Elenio staring at her,
empathy written clearly on his face along with the haunted look she
associated with the time she nearly killed herself using magic.
    “I watched you die too. True, I didn’t think
I would have to wait long before I joined you, so it wasn’t as
painful, but I knew you’d left me.” He threw a small twig into the
fire before he continued. “If I hadn’t had a mission, the thought
that the healing waters at Mira’s View would save you, I don’t know
what I would have done. I probably would have found a way to join
you in the Land of the Gods.”
    Galena nodded. The image of a dying Elenio
swam before her eyes. She knew how close she’d come to taking her
own life. Sadness swept over her as Elenio saw what she saw in his
own mind.
    “I wanted to die,” she choked. “If you hadn’t
been in my head, I would have killed myself. I was coming very
close to that point, but I heard you somewhere in the back of my
mind.”
    “I know. I felt it too. I couldn’t let my
thoughts stay completely with you because of what you felt. Just
peeking in from time to time almost destroyed me. Being commitment
partners is so much deeper than just being in love. You truly feel
like part of me and without that part, I couldn’t imagine going
on,” he whispered. Standing up, he walked around the fire and sat
behind her, putting his arms around her shoulders, and resting his
chin on her head. “It’s over and I think we have both learned an
important lesson.”
    “Oh yeah? What’s that?” Galena asked, smiling
as she placed her own hands on top of Elenio’s.
    “My death was more devastating than
yours.”
    Galena shook her head as she elbowed Elenio
in the side, causing him to chuckle. “You’re impossible.”
    “And you love me, so what does that say about
you?”
    “That I have bigger issues than anyone
realized.”
    Elenio kissed the back of her head before
squeezing her briefly. “No matter what, we stay together. We’re
stronger together and I don’t ever want you out of my sight again.
Time will ease the memories and the pain. You’ll see,”