Brock advanced toward me as Bhuto sighed. Much to my dismay, he didn\u2019t stop until he was nearly touching me.
\n\u201dWhat do you call this road here?\u201d
\nMy eyes were watering. I blinked rapidly and focused on the question. \u201cAhh. Vayland. Vayland Road.\u201d The problem with people telling you to breath through your mouth when around a stench is that instead of smelling it, you taste it.
\nHe smiled up at me and I was glad for the darkness that largely hid his teeth. \u201cWhy is that?\u201d
\n\u201dWhy is what?\u201d
\n\u201dWhy do they call it that?\u201d
\n\u201dBecause…\u201d I thought about it. \u201cI don\u2019t know why.\u201d
\nHis smile broadened and I had to take a step back. \u201cLet me tell you why.\u201d He turned away from me and threw out his arms. \u201cThis place is a border between realms. The very first people who lived here and named things called the people on the other side wa`rii we<\/i> because they didn\u2019t understand. Others came and gave different names. When my people came,\u201d he thumped his chest \u201cthey took the names it had already and translated the words and the idea. They called it a fae land.\u201d His eyes glinted as he turned back to me. \u201cYou know what that is, don\u2019t you?\u201d
\nI nodded mutely, not bothering to explain why.
\nHe nodded, not waiting for me. \u201cThe border to the fae land was marked by those who knew enough about it, and the name stayed on, changing, after they\u2019d all gone to dust.\u201d He spat on the blacktop. \u201cThen some bugger made a road here, since the markings were there. No one remembered that they were meant to show you where not<\/i> to go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brock advanced toward me as Bhuto sighed. Much to my dismay, he didn\u2019t stop until he was nearly touching me. \u201dWhat do you call this road here?\u201d My eyes were watering. I blinked rapidly and focused on the question. \u201cAhh. Vayland. Vayland Road.\u201d The problem with people telling you to breath through your mouth when … <\/p>\n