Chapter NineJust how it had happened, Liliwen wasn't quite sure. But while waiting idly
for Teaq to arrive at their designated meeting place, she had found herself
swimming off course. At first it had been the birds floating in the sky
that caught her eye.
Then a school of fish weaving their way through the pointy rocks that
dotted the coastline of the Eastern Isle.
Her heart was light, full of excitement at the prospect of seeing him
again. The memory of their first kiss in that magical cave was still vivid
in her mind. That, of course, was the reason she'd come back so soon. She
wanted more.
He loved her too. She was sure of it. He hadn't said it in so many words,
but the way he'd kissed her… Surely that meant something. The way they'd
spoken, more intimately than before… It
