Legends - A Devil's Daughters Crossover - Book One (Published)

A Marketplace For Everything

It had taken her longer to get him up and moving, than she had hoped. It was near bloody well almost noon, and all of the good morning joints were switching to their midday menus. So much for breakfast!
"Want to get an ice cone?" Lync asked as he held her hand down the walk way.
"It's too cold for an ice cone!" She laughed and shook her head, pulling at the ties of her jacket with her freehand.
"The sun is out, and it's not too cold!"
The sun was out, and the rain drops had all vanished from the places they had landed only a few hours before; but she could feel the chill on the wind, every hair on the back of her neck, standing on end. It had been like this, since she'd come home from the hospital, every sense, heightened, every urge, increased.
She wasn't complaining though, not when it had meant sharing more of those sinful moments with Lync; but the visions had intensified as well. She had witnessed much, remembered even more thanks to her bloodline, and yet recently...
"What about a wrap?" His voice brought her back to reality, and the little food cart before them.
"I'm good!"She smiled back at him, and he shook his head.
"You have to eat!"
"I will, when I find something I want!" She cocked a brow at him. "No worries, I'll find something, Lync! I won't starve!"
"Those chains are sounding real good, right about now! I'll tie you down and feed you myself if I have to!" He let out with a growl and ran his hand through her hair.
Long, dark, and sort of tied back, well it had been until just now. She couldn't help but let out a small laugh as he kissed her forehead.
"You worry too much!" She told him, but the sight across from them had her frozen stiff.
He could sense her discomfort, felt the tension in her muscles as his hand slid down her arm. "What's wrong?" He asked as he turned his head in the direction she was glaring, and let out another low growl.
"I thought I saw something!" She replied, and squeezed his hand.
"Good!"His smile returned and he lay another kiss on her forehead. "Cause I'm starving!" He added, and urged her to follow him.
The marketplace was a mix of refugees and city hoppers. If you had come to this planet for trade, this was your destination. Kelmarians,Kalvashians, Samonians, hell, you could even find an Demon or two, casing the stalls and alleyways. It was called Waterfront, for at onetime, there had actually been water in that giant bay, nestled just to the south a few blocks; but that was before the big quake that split the sea bed and swallowed the waters of the bay.
Now, the people who lived here called it Middle Ground, the beating heart of the city; sure, it you liked the idea of a heart filled with hate and greed. It was more like a den of thieves, everyone bartering for the best prices, coin changing hands for more than the goods you saw before you; he dark and dirt misdeeds that went on behind the scenes.So full of life, so full of rift raff, one had to take care to notice the difference
Like she had a few moments ago, standing among all those people, all those different species, and she managed to find one she had only ever before seen in a dream. Standing tall, with large shoulders and arms like branches of a tree; with skin a dirtied green. It glared at her, watching her as she stood beside her mate, and a moment later, and it was gone.
Had she been seeing things? Maybe she had hit her head that night?
"Soup bowls?"Again he'd taken her from her thoughts, and plunked her right back where she belonged. He was literally, her anchor to the world of normal. He was her rock.
"Um, yeah!" She replied, not quit sure, what she had agreed to, but just to get in off the streets was good enough. Lync gave her a look, one she had seen so many times before when he was trying to figure her out, and couldn't. "I'm fine, Baby! Honest! And look, The Soup Pot is right there!" She leaned in and kissed his cheek, letting go on his hand as she walked towards the door. "You coming?"
He looked at her again,stood there for a moment, and then popped her a wicked grin. "We definitely need some chains." He laughed, and then followed her inside.
The male was something else, that was for sure. Always finding ways to make her laugh, even when she herself had no idea if she could, he was a miracle worker, and at times, she couldn't help but wonder how she'd gotten so lucky. They weren't officially mated, that took time and coin, and a lineage search that neither she, nor he, could provide for. 'Hi, my name is Navina, and I come from a long line of time travelers, but I was banished for saving a life and I've been stuck here for... I don't know how long! No, you can't verify that, the Order doesn't exist in your time, and those who are here will not answer any of my questions, let alone yours! Oh, him? He's a.....' And that's about where it stopped.
She could tell them just about anything they wanted to know, except where Lync had come from; not even he knew. He wasn't Human, but he wasn't... See, she just didn't know! They wouldn't tell her either. It was part of her new curse, she'd never be able to see his past, present, or future. Not, when it pertained, to her. He had stolen her heart, and with it, her sight into their, everything. She was flying blind when it came to Lync; and it didn't help the fact, that so was he.
Damn the Order.
Damn her lineage.
And damn...
"Vina?"
"Yeah?"She blurted out as they stood at the counter, "Oh!" She let out,and looked up at the menu.
Shit! She'd zoned out; again. "I'll have a veggie combo! No sauce on the sandwich!" She told the male behind the counter.
"I'll take the stacker combo, and a bottle of H2O? And can we get those to go?" Lync inquired, and Navina felt her heart sink into her stomach.
No, they weren't going home yet. She felt absolutely fine. Sure, she was zoning in and out, but she had a lot on her mind. And by a lot, she meant a few thousand years worth of shit, and it wasn't going away, any time soon.
Spend and eternity with a male she could never read. Check.
Spend an eternity remembering lifetimes that weren't yours. Check.
Never again have any contact with members of the Order. Check
Never interfere, again, for fear of total memory loss. Check.
Do not speak about the Order...
You see, she couldn't check that one. She had told Lync, and Kember, about as much as she could remember about them. She had to tell someone, she was going absolutely crazy, trying to keep it all locked in. So many memories, so many people, she had been on the verge of losing control when Lync mentioned the journal. 'Write it all down! Figure it out later! No sense keeping it all locked in...'
And he had been right!
Like he probably was right now!
"You ready to go?" He asked, and she noted how she had manged to walk the five feet from the till to the pick up line, and was standing beside him.
"Go? Where are we going?" Navina asked.
"I figured we'd find a park!" He smiled back at her, "It's too nice to stay inside!"
Again, he had made her smile. He knew what she had wanted to hear, and he had provided for her; too bad she could not read his deepest wishes, or see into what the future might hold for them.
"I think that's an awesome idea!" She replied, and took the hand he offered her.