Hyacinth, Scarlet - Fire of the Four Seasons (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour ManLove) by Scarlet Hyacinth Page B
Authors: Scarlet Hyacinth
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committing this sin.
He could not bear it. He couldn’t just stand there and watch this happen. He lunged forward, ful ly intending to jump into the fire after Alexei, but strong arms pulled him back, stopping him from doing so.
“Don’t,” Ohsyn said in his ear. “There’s nothing we can do about it now, just hope and pray.”
All strength went out of Ly etah. He felt as if the sun always inside him no longer shone. How could he push Alexei into the fire? Why had n’t he found another way?
He sank to his knees, his on ly comfort Ohsyn’s embrace. “Hush,” Ohsyn murmured. “It’s going to be fine. You did n’t do anything wrong.”
Ly etah wanted to believe that , but the smell of the burning fire filled his nostrils, and he couldn’t get the image of Alexei turning into a charred corpse out of his mind. He did n’t think he ever would.
* * * *
Ohsyn held Ly etah close, his mind reeling with the events of the past hour. He couldn’t even fathom how Ly etah felt at watching Alexei burn on the pyre. Ohsyn’s own heart was breaking, and he had n’t pushed Alexei in. But Ly etah had done what none of them would’ve been able to do, and as crazy as it seemed, Ohsyn still kept hope.
He forced Ly etah to face away from the pyre, knowing the sight of it would just make things worse. He hugged Ly etah’s trembling body and whispered into his lover’s ear, “Do you remember how we met?”
Ly etah nodded and let out a low, sad chuckle. “How could I forget?”
They’d all been so young and so new at being earth spirits. Each of them had been born out of their particular element, molded into a new life form by the creator. At that time, neither of them understood how their new tasked worked. But then the Goddess united them in one team to protect these distant lands. At first, they’d bare ly gotten along, but soon, they’d found a balance in and through each other.
“The Goddess knew what She was doing when She gathered us together. You have to stand by your faith. She knows what She is doing now.”
Ohsyn did his best to sound confident when he felt anything but. Tru ly , he couldn’t help but doubt. He wanted to believe with a desperate intensity, but when faced with the burning fire that consumed Alexei’s mortal form, it was n’t so easy.
He comforted himself with the thought that Alexei’s soul remained immortal, like all souls. If they’d indeed lost Alexei, Ohsyn trusted that one day, they’d find him again in a different land and a different time. They would be given a second chance. Ohsyn couldn’t even accept the alternative.
Ly etah placed his head on Ohsyn’s shoulder, and Ohsyn threaded his hand through his lover’s locks, gent ly caressing him. He knew Visnah and Zimah needed him as well, so he felt thankful when the two joined him and Ly etah, and they knelt together in the grass. They just sat there for the longest time in the middle of the ageless grove at the border between the spirit world and the mortal realm.
At last, the fire of the pyre began to dwindle, and Ly etah stirred, looking back toward the burnt wood. There was no sign of Alexei, Ohsyn realized. He did n’t know if he should be happy or sad about that , but perhaps it would be for the best. He did n’t think he could have withstood the sight of Alexei’s dead body, and he kept his hopeful façade.
“He’s gone,” Ly etah murmured, his voice strangled and full of pain. “I killed him.”
“You did n’t kill him, Ly etah,” Ohsyn insisted. “This happened because of the fire inside Alexei. It burnt him out in the end. There was nothing we could do.”
“Stop saying that !” Ly etah shouted. He glowered at Ohsyn, his fury so intense it struck Ohsyn almost physical ly . “Stop trying to make me feel better. Show some sort of emotion!”
Ohsyn felt his own anger flare and tried to control it. They were all dual, just like the seasons whose energy they bore. In winter, beautiful snowflakes
He could not bear it. He couldn’t just stand there and watch this happen. He lunged forward, ful ly intending to jump into the fire after Alexei, but strong arms pulled him back, stopping him from doing so.
“Don’t,” Ohsyn said in his ear. “There’s nothing we can do about it now, just hope and pray.”
All strength went out of Ly etah. He felt as if the sun always inside him no longer shone. How could he push Alexei into the fire? Why had n’t he found another way?
He sank to his knees, his on ly comfort Ohsyn’s embrace. “Hush,” Ohsyn murmured. “It’s going to be fine. You did n’t do anything wrong.”
Ly etah wanted to believe that , but the smell of the burning fire filled his nostrils, and he couldn’t get the image of Alexei turning into a charred corpse out of his mind. He did n’t think he ever would.
* * * *
Ohsyn held Ly etah close, his mind reeling with the events of the past hour. He couldn’t even fathom how Ly etah felt at watching Alexei burn on the pyre. Ohsyn’s own heart was breaking, and he had n’t pushed Alexei in. But Ly etah had done what none of them would’ve been able to do, and as crazy as it seemed, Ohsyn still kept hope.
He forced Ly etah to face away from the pyre, knowing the sight of it would just make things worse. He hugged Ly etah’s trembling body and whispered into his lover’s ear, “Do you remember how we met?”
Ly etah nodded and let out a low, sad chuckle. “How could I forget?”
They’d all been so young and so new at being earth spirits. Each of them had been born out of their particular element, molded into a new life form by the creator. At that time, neither of them understood how their new tasked worked. But then the Goddess united them in one team to protect these distant lands. At first, they’d bare ly gotten along, but soon, they’d found a balance in and through each other.
“The Goddess knew what She was doing when She gathered us together. You have to stand by your faith. She knows what She is doing now.”
Ohsyn did his best to sound confident when he felt anything but. Tru ly , he couldn’t help but doubt. He wanted to believe with a desperate intensity, but when faced with the burning fire that consumed Alexei’s mortal form, it was n’t so easy.
He comforted himself with the thought that Alexei’s soul remained immortal, like all souls. If they’d indeed lost Alexei, Ohsyn trusted that one day, they’d find him again in a different land and a different time. They would be given a second chance. Ohsyn couldn’t even accept the alternative.
Ly etah placed his head on Ohsyn’s shoulder, and Ohsyn threaded his hand through his lover’s locks, gent ly caressing him. He knew Visnah and Zimah needed him as well, so he felt thankful when the two joined him and Ly etah, and they knelt together in the grass. They just sat there for the longest time in the middle of the ageless grove at the border between the spirit world and the mortal realm.
At last, the fire of the pyre began to dwindle, and Ly etah stirred, looking back toward the burnt wood. There was no sign of Alexei, Ohsyn realized. He did n’t know if he should be happy or sad about that , but perhaps it would be for the best. He did n’t think he could have withstood the sight of Alexei’s dead body, and he kept his hopeful façade.
“He’s gone,” Ly etah murmured, his voice strangled and full of pain. “I killed him.”
“You did n’t kill him, Ly etah,” Ohsyn insisted. “This happened because of the fire inside Alexei. It burnt him out in the end. There was nothing we could do.”
“Stop saying that !” Ly etah shouted. He glowered at Ohsyn, his fury so intense it struck Ohsyn almost physical ly . “Stop trying to make me feel better. Show some sort of emotion!”
Ohsyn felt his own anger flare and tried to control it. They were all dual, just like the seasons whose energy they bore. In winter, beautiful snowflakes
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