Leela
As soon as we had reached the shore and moved away from the water, the sea breeze had disappeared. The heat was nearly unbearable. The air was thick with moisture and it formed in beads across my skin.
I saw Mae and Eron clamber into the carriage, grateful to be out of the hot sun. I strongly considered joining them before mounting my horse.
Eli, his brothers and his men had stripped to their shalwars and I was taken aback how imposing they all looked, bare chested on horseback. A mere handful of men who seemed as though they could crush an army.
There were trees I had never before seen, with tall trunks and no leaves until the very top. Palm trees, Eli had told me, and I laughed with delight when I saw their resemblance to a hand. Where Varun was made of snow, everything blan
