[A/N: Please re-read previous chapters, I edited them. Also, drop reviews and powerstones!]
"ASHER!"
The sharp voice cut through the peaceful afternoon, instantly shattering the comfortable silence that had settled between Asher and Tracy as they made their way toward the teleportation zone. Both of them turned in unison, their eyes landing on a girl sitting rigidly in a wheelchair.
"Natalia," Asher replied, his voice carrying a note of 'surprise' as he offered her a gentle smile. But the smile faltered slightly when he noticed she wasn't looking at his face at all. Her gaze was fixed firmly on their interlaced fingers, her eyes narrowing as she took in the sight of their joined hands.
It had been Tracy who had initiated the contact, her fingers sliding between his as they walked, but that detail seemed irrelevant now. What mattered to Natalia was the obvious intimacy of the gesture, the kind of public display that typically meant only one thing.
