Forbidden Bond: A Velthorn Tale — Chapter 4: The Uncle at Arendale

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The sun had begun its descent into the horizon in the west, casting shadows upon the high walls of the pass. For an hour now Mikhail had noticed that the walls had begun to get shorter and shorter. He guessed that soon they would reach the end of the pass, something that they would have done long ago if Anora had ridden with him on Bakuul’s back. But Mikhail had understood her apprehension of him and the large animal so he hadn’t gotten mad over it and had let her walk beside him. It had given him ample time to study her though. As they had walked through the winding and narrow pass he had noticed that despite her lineage she carried herself more upright than that of the Goblins that Mikhail had seen in the past, how few they were. He had also been told that the goblins naturally tended to slouch and that had indicated that they were not very intelligent. But as they had traveled he would catch himself looking into her striking orange eyes and would be both embarrassed and mesmerized by what seemed to be a very intelligent mind behind them.