Silence And Stone (2010)
“Lilies and roses.
She listened for the fading footsteps, but there was only silence. She leaned a little closer to the ironclad door. “Are you still here?”
“Yes.”
“I haven’t talked to anyone for a very long time,” she said. When the tray bearer didn’t answer, she bit her lip. “What’s your name?” she whispered.
There was no answer for so long that she was sure the tray bearer had tiptoed away this time. Then she heard a careful whisper.
“I am called Gavin.”
“I am Alida,” she whispered back.
“Tell me true,” Gavin said. “Are you a faerie?”
“Yes.”
She heard him take a quick breath. “You are? Faeries are real?”
“What a foolish thing to ask!” Alida snapped, startled by the insult.
Gavin didn’t answer. She stared at the high window and waited, hoping he would at least say good-bye.
He didn’t. He just walked away.
Why would he answer?
Alida was furious with herself for being so rude.
She had talked to only a few humans in her life. Maybe he had never seen a faerie.
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