It was so good to hear her crisp feminine voice that Helotes could not help but laugh through his tears. He finally set his beloved sister on the ground and pushed her to arm’s length away from him, Déjame verte. He smiled, Ah, hermosa como siempre. He could not believe that his sweet sister was finally here. She had been gone so long that he was beginning to fear the worst, but she was right, he knew better. Ilusion out of all the siblings had the most fire, the most will to live; she would not back down so easily in the face of great peril. She had been blessed with her mother’s fire, only enhanced by the ferocity of her father. But where she could have been vicious, like Columbine, she was sassy, social and sly. Helotes loved her dearly.
She asked whether the rest of them were here and Helotes nodded, Sí, está aquí. Todos hemos estado muy preocupados por ti. Helotes could not help but grin and wag his tail excitedly. Her arrival took the edge off of the pain that had edged his heart from the death of his mother; she looked so much like her. But these thoughts were pushed away suddenly by the reactions of the horses to each other, the stallion Ares snorting and braying at Yegua, who trotted several yards away. Helotes pushed on Ares’ snout, Oye estúpido, deje que
Then, sobering, Helotes turned his umber eyes back on Ilusion, ¿Dónde has estado? Pensamos que podría haber muerto. Jacinto me dijo que corrió después de Columbine, pero no lo siguió cuando vino aquí. ¿A dónde fuiste? Volver al padre? the questions came pouring out like a deluge that Helotes could not stop, there were so many of them left unanswered, questions that had been burning in his mind for months now.
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