-Adria-
Yes… how well they worked together. Why hadn’t it ever occurred to Adria that she could match with someone? That another horse could meet her stride and keep the pace, could leave her breathless and intrigued without making her feel different and untouchable? Probably because she’d given up on the idea, long before coming here and meeting Jakub.
In fact, when he reveals a small part of himself and decides to take her somewhere all his own, Adria tries hard to reminisce on when exactly she’d thrown out the idea of true love.
They walk together like a pretty pair, pink and sand clashing against black and smoky blue. Her curves fit like smaller puzzle pieces into Jakub’s protective shoulder. She thinks. Once upon a time she’d grown up with a mother and father who loved each other in a way that bent universes. Then Adria had used that as an example to guide her away from Ischia and out into the world so she could find it for herself, and that had failed.
Jinn had happened, and the guilt of their timid affection and resulting sickness still gave her pain. Then Clayton, with his smiles and bold words. He’d tricked her and like a silly fool she’d fallen into his trap, and that had made her jaded. Doctor soothed the wound and Brennen helped her forget. Brennen made her a mother - No; Eva had made her a mother. Brennen had added.
Somewhere in between all of it she’d let go of her childish dreams and settled on a much more tiresome reality.
“Ischia is like an eden.” Adria beamed up at Jakub’s dark, striking face. She adored the way his eyes were like two gemstones set into obsidian. “At least I think so.” He could hear her laugh. The warm forest around them made her skin prickle with sweat. Beads of condensation rose like crystals to trail down Adria’s jaw and slip along the undercurve of her pretty, bowed neck.
“The ocean gleams blue at night, dreamlike. The jungle is alive with strange animals and bright birds. There’s a waterfall and a few caves for the explorative type horses. The beaches are perfect for sunbathing…” She practically sighed, leaning against Jakub’s strong shoulder before pressing her nose gently into the hollow space where his neck met his withers. “You have to promise you’ll come for a visit, okay?” Adria smiled.
She gives him enough time to answer. Now she had questions for him.
“Why Tephra?” She wants to know. “What led you here and made you want to stay?”
Oh my love, don't forsake me; Take what the water gave me
@[Jakub] sorry for the wait!!