Remembrance

Chapter 14: Lucinda

Chapter Fourteen: Lucinda.

Garroth looked at me before he frowned, "How is that possible?" He asked before looking back at the booth.

"I-I don't know, but-" I stopped before looking at him. "I remember now..." I said softly.

He froze for a moment. His head turned to me before a realizing look hit him. His face relaxed before a quirk of a smile appeared on his lips. "You... remember?"

I looked at him before smiling, "yes, jerk... I remember."

A laugh rumbled from his chest out his throat before he hugged me. I giggled, squeezing him back as he breathed out.

"If I had known- I would've brought you here sooner-" He pulled away before he frowned, "Then who runs this boot-"

"Excuse me, I do not appreciate nosy people by my booth," A thick accented woman came around the corner.

The woman had bright green eyes, almost like a cat's night vision. She wore a velvet black dress that looked purple in the light and a satchel draped over her left shoulder. She frowned at me and Garroth before rolling her eyes and walking over to the side.

"See something you liked sooo much that you hovered until I came?" She said. Her voice was haughty, looking down at us as if we were bratty children. She bent down, putting her stuff under the counter.

I looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "I can see things I used to own in here..." I said before she stood back up. Her eyes went wide for a moment as she turned to me.

"That would be quite impossible as most of this is from Scaleswind-"

"My name is engraved in the bow to your right." I said, not wanting to listen to her spiel. Her cheeks went almost ghost white as she looked over at Garroth.

"Dude, back me up here." She huffed. Garroth rose a questioning brow before she rolled her eyes.

"Fine. They possibly are yours. A young woman traded them to me when she was leaving Scaleswind for a spe-" She stopped, "SPECIAL... uhhhh recipe!"

I looked at her before looking at her. Her eyes glowed for a moment before she looked down at my collarbone. She saw the pendant before looking back up.

"Oh... it actually is you." She said before clearing her throat. "I thought you were kidding when you said you wanted away from the bow but it looks like you got a new one right there," She pointed at the bow in my right hand.

I glanced down at the bow before looking at her. "Now I'm confused... I don't remember that?" I looked up at Garroth.

His brows furrowed together before he looked at the woman. She had her back straightened up as she waited, almost nervous for a question.

"What were you going to say instead of special." He said, turning to her.

"If I say, then I could lose my license." She said, "Privacy between you and your consumer." She said.

"I was literally your consumer for it," I said to her, walking towards her, "Please. Seeing that," I pointed at the bow, "Brought back my memory that I haven't had for almost eight months now. Can you at least be straight about that?"

She looked at the bow before she sighed, "Well I had enchanted that since the spell I gave to you were almost desperate for was a very new one. One that only a few others had actually agreed to use."