Khy'eras

Harroc barked happily and immediately started plodding forward. When he felt his passengers settle he started to jog, loping along at a speed equivalent to a medium run. He made his way to a central path, one that spiraled upwards inside the base of a great tree. When he reached the level he wanted ...

Not wanting to betray how very much they’d missed Harroc’s full-body hugs, Colle still couldn’t stop themself from leaning against his chest for a moment. "After you’ve had more food and water - then we’ll see how you feel. I don’t want you to short yourself on essence." They did their bes...

Colle woke up with a start. They weren’t at home - that much was immediately apparent by the lack of light and the almost oppressive heat surrounding them. Slowly, the events of the past day came back. Harroc had come back from the wilds in his great wolf form, carrying an injured Chloe. The healer ...

"Grab that, I’m getting some rations together but that’ll be enough to get comfy and stay warm even if the rain lasts a while," Nethra said as she shuffled through several boxes. They shouldered the pack, adjusting it so that it wouldn’t pull on their wings. Nethra loaded a similar pack w...

"Yeah, so can we not go there for now? I’m - well, maybe disappointed, is as close as I can get - that Harroc was apparently under the impression that kissing and intimate touching is okay?" "Also asking for threesomes, though he seemed surprised at the existence of the idea. And yea...

"What about it?" Colle asked, a bit confused. "It’s sort of but not quite like magical energy, but it’s also what Harroc is, as he explained it. He’s made of essence and it sort of mimics a normal body, even down to-" Colle stopped themself. Some aspects of Harroc’s essence prob...

"Excuse me," a woman’s voice broke through Colle’s concentration, the tone indicating this was far from the first attempt at communication. "Oh! Sorry. You’re the healer?" Colle asked, opening their eyes and sitting up. "They’ve just drifted off to sleep. I know they’re bot...

Colle shook against Harroc's fur, trying desperately to control the tremors. Rage, hurt, sorrow - all competed to be expressed. Chloe's attitude that she had more of a right to their boyfriend than they did, knowing that Harroc had treated her like a mate while they were gone, and his obvious concer...

The story was expanded in the parallel threads Absence Makes the Tart Grow Sweeter (Colle) and Thyme in the Wilds: Root Camp (Harroc & Chloe) ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ As they got near to the area Colle heard a very loud, and very serious sounding, growl followed by the distinct...

Day Seven Colle woke with the sun, as they usually did. They felt like they had actually gotten some rest, unlike the usual feeling of having barely slept at all. The dull ache in their head had retreated during the night, but was quickly building again. On the whole, they felt better than yesterda...