Recent content by Lachlan Irwin

These were the defenses Lachlan built to survive the Academy. He had learned how to shut his heart, so that no one knew where to strike true in order to truly wound him, and Heidi was the only one that could be trusted to stand so close and have a dagger in her hand. Lachie couldn't fool...

Well fuck, Lachlan thought to himself, at least first blood had been drawn by Ivan and not any of the other idiot faces staring at them. He supposed it was decent they were not gawping at the young Initiate, but looking at both the blond Anirians as if they were a threat after all. Lachlan...

He knew he said the words at the wrong time. He had hoped she wouldn't have lingered on them and the intent of them, but Heidi always wanted to cling to the happiness she brought him. Yet... he knew it was not just the idea of marriage hurt her. He had said something else and not knowing what he...

Lachlan held his tongue. Not to spare her of his insistence, but to stop himself from saying the wrong thing out of frustration. Instead, he loosed a heavy sigh and let that seep into the lingering silence. Lachlan held her firm, squeezing her gently as she clung to him and took solace in...

Lachie smiled, held her tighter and rested his cheek on the top of her head. "What if you came with me? I can show you Vel Anir for a few weeks before we needed to come home?" It felt good to offer her that. A chance to see the city he had frequented the most while as an Initiate, that he could...

Holding her, here on the sands, watching the sun dangle above the horizon moments before it tired itself out and fell... it was the beginning of healing. "Four months. I will be going to Vel Anir to meet a friend... but I am in the reserves, Heids. Until they need me, I am here to live for a...

Lachie frowned. "We bested him and his crew." He hoped to Kress Kross was not a beloved friend out here, but Lachie didn't balk. "His ship was better than ours and we took it over." He added a shrug, as if that was all there really was to it. There really was not much else he could add, for...

It was as if Ivan's presence and voice reminded Lachie of their purpose here. The gorgeous girl was unfazed by Ivan's threats or charade of niceties, for her eyes remained on Lachlan as she lifted her chin. "Aye, a drink can be found in the Sea Farer's Barrel." Lachlan furrowed his brows and...

Lachlan could feel the scolding by his Nana the moment Ivan ignored the harbourmaster, and winced at the phantom pain at the back of his head as if the sea winds had whacked him. The poor man gasped, sending him into a coughing fit, and unable to recover, had to point them towards a direction...

Lachlan chuckled. "I knew none of this would be easy, but when are we going to have the odds on our side for once?" He remarked, shaking his head before casting his gaze to the approach of land. "All right then. Let's list our advantages." He turned on the spot and leaned against the railing...

Heidi I am a fool in love as I try to write this to you. I cannot stop smiling just because of how happy I am to be home and be close with you. Meet me at our spot on the beach later? We can have a picnic under the palm trees, and maybe I will tell you a story of how my friend and I almost...

Lachlan grimaced as Ivan offered up the rum for trading, sad to see the only source of entertainment on the seas would be taken away from them all. "I hate that you are right but how else am I going to get through the night having to hear this lot snoring all night?" But he sighed and nodded...

Lachlan gave Old Harry an odd look, as if such a good idea could have never come from the likes of him, even when intoxicated. But before he could remark on the entire crew's drunken state all evening, he caught the stare from his friend. "What? I got something on my face?" Like a fool, Lachie...

Lachlan had allowed himself to enter the quarters, catching his friend's words that made a shit eating grin spread on his face. "Sounds like you are well rested then, mate." From a pitcher, he poured two glasses of rum that seemed to be undisturbed by the events on this very vessel just...

He was quiet for a good moment, but the lasting echoes of what she said last were still in the air between them, pushed back by the waves that came to the sand on which they sat on. "I know." He said simply, turning his head to press a kiss to the top of her head. "But you are a brilliance in...