Tam
She turned, coat snapping in the wind like the sail of a departing ship, and walked the last stretch toward the carved arch and the darkness it contained. Water misted like a curtain, blurring her silhouette as she passed the threshold that would not let him pass..
Tam stood there long after she was gone, watching the place where her shadow vanished into legend. Because he was sure he had truly met a legend of yesteryear.
His fingers curled around the pearl in his pocket, and with a small smile, he turned back toward Kael-Vora and the skyborne home waiting for him in the harbor.
The Scarlet Sphynx was calling.
Soon there would be wind in her sails once more.
You can really feel Tam’s presence and the weight of the moment as she disappears into the mist, and the way he holds the pearl makes it feel like there’s a bigger story behind it. The last lines about the Scarlet Sphynx give such a sense of anticipation, I immediately wanted to keep reading