The sun had set now and Alder was beginning to feel his powers getting quite restless; they surged through his veins impatiently. They edged him till he could focus on nothing other than the intense need to just release the bottled up energy. He was standing right outside Aria’s chamber, leaning against a pillar while waiting for her to join him so they could go on the earlier planned walk.
Standing there, he could hear the sound of her heart beating steadily against her chest, he could hear her controlled breathing, he could smell her, he could almost feel her; that was how heightened his senses were at the moment.
Breeze blew against trees and ruffled through their leaves as the darkened clouds above moved and exposed the glowing orb above; the moon.
He dragged in a shuddering breath
