Many Journeys by Elleth

Nonage

Young Nerdanel and first run-ins with her feelings.

She could feel those bright eyes again.

On her red hair, on the skin of her neck, steadily from her shoulders down the middle of her back, the one place a touch could make her shriek with laughter (a weakness her siblings had exploited with delight), or shudder with a sensation she yet refused to name. That way it lacked what little reality he had not already bestowed.

She fled, no, moved outside into the yard. The forge-door closed, and she breathed more easily.

Then... a quick, tentative touch (bright like his eyes) on the edge of her mind.

Her breath hitched.

Chapter End Notes

nonage NON-ij; NOH-nij, noun:
1. The time of life before a person becomes legally of age.
2. A period of youth or immaturity.

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