Looking back at her Anu saw the excitement in his gaze, and his words matched the look in his face. She could have told him no, because he was right. There wasn’t much that could take the breath from her chest, and if he wanted to truly know Anu would tell him that all those that did wore feminine names. She smiled softly at the thought, though she felt pain as well. It always hurt to look back at a few of them, not every one held a happy ending.
The world was revealed to her bright baby-blues as the forest parted. Its light green leaves were like a curtain that held a secret behind its veil. Anu stepped beyond the tree line, eyes lifting to find the place he had promised her. Anu felt it in her chest, the tight grasp of surprise and awe. It took a moment for her to breathe in the scent of the open space, she had to catch the lost lungful of air before she could speak. Sankor, its beautiful. she spoke in a voice that was barely a whisper. The waterfall fell before them, into a pool that looked far to calm for the rush of water that poured into it. The sound danced to her ears like hush, pleading for silence that would accent its beauty. It told her there were no words that could describe it, even though she had tried. |