Chapter 7Tiger’s Eye. What would he find in the swirl of its reddish-brown crystal and iron depths? He glanced at the two remaining stones. So much of their incredible life together had been left out of this story. In the stones that were left, what would Gilly think so important to share with him? He curled his hand around the stone and lowered his lids, letting the memory come to the fore…
“Braedyn, don’t forget your heavy coat. It’s hanging by the back door.”
“I’ve got it, Papa.”
“And your boots—”
“Already on my feet.”
Gilly sighed, and stopped wringing his hands when Finian raised his brows at him. But his boy was leaving…
Braedyn came up to him and wrapped him in a tight embrace, and tears formed in Gilly’s eyes at his fond tone when Braedyn whispered, “I’m moving less than an h
