Chapter four of "Two Sides of the Coin" and this one takes a darker turn once again.
Premise: Don't know how long Balinor and Hunith were actually together, but I usually give them a year in my mind. Here, word has reached Balinor that Uther is hunting him again and knows now he must run.
Pain
The injustice of it burned his heart.
What was his crime? What could he possibly have done to deserve this? Witnessing the slaughter of his kind, the destruction of all he held dear, that wasn’t enough. Now he was hunted, like an animal, forced to flee the home he had made, the woman he loved…
He felt her presence at his side, her stolid strength a quiet comfort, yet one he was about to lose forever.
Their eyes met, every treasured moment from the past year flooding his mind, and in his heart Balinor knew they would never meet again.
TTFN