“Are you hungry?” Quinn asked Zephyr, suddenly remembering what the Sister had said about him getting some rest and eating.
“Not really,” Zephyr answered.
Quinn sighed as he let his quintessence nature rise to the surface. It felt strange to be relying on it again after spending so many years trying to train himself out of it. He supposed he should get used to it though as it looked like he would need it more than he realised here.
“Come on, we will get you something. You should eat anyway, even if you aren’t hungry. You need to keep your strength up.”
They took some sandwiches and coffees from the canteen, as that's all that had been left at this late hour, and they went outside to eat them. There was a grassy hill at the edge of the gardens and they sat there looking at the stars while they ate.
“She has been failing for a while now. I’ve been sending her healing energy, but she’s been getting more and more tired. She told me last week that she wanted to go, that she’s too exhausted to go on.”
Quinn put his arm around Zephyr’s shoulders and sent him soothing energy. He melted in to his side.
“She is fortunate to have had you, Zephyr.”
“No, I am the fortunate one to have had Rosie. As soon as I saw her all those years ago, I knew she was the one for me. I can’t explain it, I just knew. I think that you might understand it, yes?”
Quinn huffed out a breath. Fire was right. He and Zephyr had more in common than he’d realised it seemed.
“Yes. I do,” he said sadly.
“Then you will know that fate has a hand in all of our destinies. I would not have changed any of the years that we spent together, but I do wish that we hadn’t run out of time.”
“How can you not be angry at fate though, Zephyr? Why did they pair you together with Rosie so late in your life? Why did they not have you cross paths earlier? They could have given her to you sooner, so that you could have bonded and lived a long life together. Humans can bond with ghouls, can they not?”
He seemed to remember reading something many years ago about that, that they could bind their life forces together.
“I cannot be angry at fate, Quinn, that is futile and a waste of my energies. Everything happens for a reason.”
“Then that is why fate has fucked me over then. I must have angered it so by acting on the visions.”
“And where do you think the visions come from? If not from the fates?” Zephyr asked.
“I don’t know. Even after all of these centuries, the ether has never explained to me why. Why would it show me the future and tempt me to defy fate? If the visions come from the fates, then why would they punish me for acting on them?”
Zephyr breathed out a tired sigh.
“Who are we to try to understand such things, Quinn? We just do the best that we can and that’s all we can do.” Quinn growled in frustration and Zephyr gave him a sympathetic look, the one others usually got when they found out about his family. “What happened to your mate? I caught something when we met yesterday.” Quinn frowned. Zephyr must have had a bit of sight somewhere too. It could happen with age. Quintessence ghouls could sometimes pick up stray thoughts as well as emotions if they were in close proximity to someone, but it only happened as they got older. “Please know that I will not divulge anything you tell me, not even to Primo or Secondo. Secondo has asked me to help you settle in. He is concerned about you and about some of the thoughts that he saw from you. But he doesn’t expect me to report back to him. All he is worried about is that you will be happy here.”
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Essence of Quinn: Parts 1&2 (eventual MxM slow burn)
FantasyA child of Fate. A slave to destiny. Quinn is a quintessence ghoul, cursed with seeing visions of the future. Rather than succumbing to the madness that comes with seeing death and destruction daily, he reluctantly uses the visions to save the lives...