| "Baerd?" Elena said behind him, concernedHe tried... 281 |
[Feb. 12th, 2010|03:48 am] |
"Baerd?" Elena said behind him, concernedHe tried to speak but found that he could notHe wanted to reassure her, her and Donar, that it was all right, but he seemed, unbelievably, to be weeping, for the first time in almost twenty years
For the first time since the year he had been a fourteen-year-old boy forbidden to go to war by his Prince's orders and his father'sForbidden to fight and die with them by the red banks of the River Deisa when all the shining had come to an end
"Be easy, Baerd," he heard Donar saying, deep and gentleThere is always a strangeness here
Then a woman's hands were briefly upon his shoulders and then reaching around him from behind to meet and clasp at his chestHer cheek rested against his back and she held him |
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