Arissa's Fate (Redemption Trilogy) by Daul Amanda

Author:Daul, Amanda [Daul, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-01-30T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

“You know I’m the last person to get all mushy and stuff, but I knew that when we met I had a purpose and that somehow, cosmically, we were meant to be together.”

Cayl didn’t bother to attempt to hide the tears of sadness that had swelled from his eyes. “I remember when they brought you in. You were this amazingly beautiful, depressed woman whose eyes were empty and your face just rang in despair.”

“The cell was the closest thing I had to a home since I had left Landon’s. I didn’t know that my true love was sitting on other side of that wall from me.” Arissa reached up to touch the side of his face, brushing the last tear away with her thumb.

“How did you get from incarcerated prisoner to working beside the General?” Cayl asked, curving his arm around her waist to pull her closer to him.

“It was not my first choice, believe me,” Arissa let herself rest gently on his knee, careful of his bandaged wound. “At first I had no intentions of trying to escape. Honestly, I was just tired of my life. But then...this really cute guy next to me who had gotten himself arrested for assaulting an official soldier started talking to me.”

“It's not my fault this pretty girl with dark hair and gorgeous eyes had nothing better to do than talk.”

Arissa gazed at him, not being able to control the sly smile that curled up on her lips. One look in his eyes and she could again feel everything they had been through and could feel the intense weight of guilt and shame rising from her shoulders.

“You were trying to defend your sister when that soldier invaded your house. You had every right to protect your family and your home. It made me so mad when you told me about that. I think that's what made me realize that I did have an actual, useful purpose in life.”

“By seducing your cell mate?” Cayl dared to joke, nudging Arissa slightly.

She shot him a hard look, almost playfully. “Do you want to tell the rest of the story?”

He didn't reply, only arched an eyebrow, challenging her dare. Arissa continued. “Suddenly I wanted to live, and because you wouldn't leave me alone and that resulted in me growing to actually care about you, I had a plan. The guards had told me that I was to be publicly executed the next day, but I demanded that I had something important that the General would want to hear.”

“You always were a great liar.”

“Again, would you like to tell the story?” Arissa exclaimed, grinning, but then remembered that even though they were underground, that she should still take the precautions of staying quiet. “And my lying got your ass out of jail, so I wouldn't be complaining! I think that the General knew what I was capable of and honestly, I think he was afraid of me, that's why he never questioned an execution, he wanted me gone.

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