Recent content by Ehlark Haoqi

Ehlark watched Juniper as closely as he watched his relatives. Her nod of consent was enough, and he bowed in proper deference to his siblings before he gestured to lead her onward. Rehr barely managed to restrain a jolly leap, his whole body wiggling in anticipation. He nodded his head and fell...

Not helpful. Even if Ehlark had had the time to reply, he couldn’t. Juniper was absolutely right on the matter, but it surmised what he wanted to say in the brief moment they had before their confidence was broken by the cwns’ arrival. Bue's impression left its mark. Ehlark's hearing wasn't as...

She bumped into him and Ehlark turned to look at her with a concerned line between his brows. He reached out and caught her arm, steadying her. “Second lesson: stay aware of your surroundings,” he chuckled. “Puppies won't be paying attention so you have to. Cwn take stomped paws and tails very...

“No, I don’t expect you do,” Ehlark replied sympathetically. He continued to listen, wincing when she did. He quickly looked away from her but not before grief swept across his features. He crossed his arms and took slow, measured breaths until he was sure that the tears brimming at the...

A tour of the grounds. Ehlark nodded curtly and offered her a confident smile. He could do that. The manor had several gardens, through which he would begin his tour of their home. Then they could make their way by the various housing complexes before the evening meal. Perhaps he could use that...

Ialels nodded. Adjust. She would have to, and there was a lot to be adjusting to. This was, perhaps, one of the most difficult realities of her new life, however. After this boulder dropped on her, the rest was going to be easy to shrug off. Well. Most of it. Ehlark let his eyes shift from...

It was somewhere in the moment between translating for his father and her answer that Ehlark realized he hadn’t asked her before. Neither had he offered his own name to her. Shame and embarrassment, a warm scarlet, washed across his golden features. His father’s steady look was telling enough...

The aunts bowed in unison to her decision. They opened the door and ushered her out into the hall. Taking the spiraling staircase again, they led her much the same way out as she had come in. Returning to the garden, the same regal cwn was seated once more by the pond. His tea and writing...

The twins waited patiently for her, standing side by side and only bending to whisper softly to one another in their foreign tongue. They only turned around when Skyler stepped out of the bath and addressed them. "Your items will be mended and set aside for you here in your room." "New...

Regardless of how he felt about her at the moment, Ehlark was patient. He stood back, plopped the rag back into the basin, and propped a hand on his hip. She continued and he looked around the room when she gestured. He was quiet for several moments, then sighed. "Look, I get it," he began...

Ehlark listened in silence, his eyes set on his task. But he paused and looked over his shoulder at her. A confused crease set between his brows. Or was it alarm? "Fengli was going to take your brother and you volunteered yourself instead," he clarified. It was a statement and not a question...

“Lesson number one. Do not apologize to fae. It implies you owe them an apology debt. There’s nothing to be apologetic for; they died and I have new parents. Well...” He stopped talking suddenly, his back to her. Ehlark lifted the rag, the sound of water dripping into the bowl strangely mixing...

Hovering always within reach, he followed slowly after. She huffed and puffed, but she made it to the landing and straightened. As much as he wanted to dislike her, she had an impressive fighting spirit. He answered her slow question with a bitter smirk. "Considering my birth parents are both...

She looked properly shaken by the answer to her questions. Ehlark, in spite of his apparent dislike of her, still waited patiently for her to make up her mind. He did not rush her, nor did he warn her away from the telling look back at the forest. She had to make up her mind on her own. And...

She wasn't going. He sighed. Of course she wasn't. He muttered a few words in their other language and gestured toward the outdoors. "You are in the Emerald Glade, home of the Haoqi clan. Welcome to the Summer Court, golden and fair home, blah blah blah. Vhora: city of the sun, throne of the...