Then – Wren
Opal didn’t say a word , she just sat there with her hands in her lap with me kneeling in front her.
“Say something my love.” I couldn’t take the silence anymore. I wanted her to say something, anything. I knew this was a shock to her. It had been a shock to me as well. But I had expected her to react in some way. Even if she cried and wailed. Or even got angry. Anything would be better than this silence.
“Opal look at me.”
Slowly she lifted her chin. And I was taken aback by the look on her face. It was slack, her eyes unseeing.
She was in shock , I realised with a start. I had seen many people go into it especially after a battle had raged through their village or town. But to see it on Opals face was too much. It tore me in two.
Cupping her face between my hands I kis
