1. A Journey Home part 2


    Date: 8/20/2015, Categories: Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Author: sirreadsalot10, Rating: 1, Source: LushStories

    meet her, you will see why no one in her village wanted her, but I think that you are the kind of man that will learn to love her anyway.” Aerik nodded his head in acceptance. “Well, what are you waiting for?” Elder Haran asked. “Go, boy.” Aerik moved in a trance to the door. He paused outside of it for a moment, and then took a deep breath and entered. His heart stopped in his chest when he saw the woman who stood there waiting anxiously for him, her hands clasped apprehensively in front of her. “Aubria?” he said in disbelief. “Oh, thank Gawa,” she cried and rushed into his arms. The scent of her hair filled his nose as she sobbed with relief in his arms. “It’s alright, Aubria,” he said in wonder. She was actually here and in his arms. “I prayed and prayed that it would be you that walked through that door,” she said. “I don’t understand,” Aerik said. “How could no man in your village want you? You are even more beautiful than I remember.” She smiled radiantly, and took him by the hand. “Because of this,” she said leading him to a small crib that he had failed to notice when he came in. He peered in at the sleeping baby. The child was perhaps five or six months old. It slept peacefully and had a shock of black hair on its small head. “You have a baby?” Aerik asked stupidly. “A son,” Aubria said. “What is his name?” Aerik asked. He was so stunned; it was all he could think of to say. “I named him Aerik, after his father,” she said, and gently brushed a lock of black hair from ...
    her son’s face. “You mean he, I,” Aerik trailed off unable to form words. “Yes, Aerik,” she said, “He is your son.” “I have a son,” he said, and then more forcefully “I have a son!” He swept Aubria into his arms and twirled her in the air. The village gathered to witness the marriage ceremony. Most came for the spectacle of seeing what kind of woman would marry the strange garg man. The women gasped with envy and the men stared stunned at the beautiful woman who stood by Aerik’s side. There were more gasps of envy from the women when Aerik presented the exquisite marriage necklace to Aubria, which far surpassed any other marriage necklace in the village. Aerik and Aubria spent the next half annum learning about each other. They talked for hours at a time, and made love on the warm summer nights, sometimes with the same abandon as their first time, and sometimes slowly and tenderly. Their love for each other grew and blossomed just like a flower in the sun’s summer warmth. Little Aerik learned to walk and tottered around following Picah, who he called Pia, wherever she went. Aubria was apprehensive about the garg at first but soon realized that the animal watched out for little Aerik’s safety as much as she did. Elder Haran became a regular fixture in their lives. He came round for visits often, and little Aerik called him Papa Ha. The old man seemed to have adopted them as the children and grandchild he never had. On one of Elder Haran’s dinner visits, Aerik sat at the table ...
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