Berg, Carol - Bridge of D'Arnath 03 by Berg Carol

Author:Berg, Carol [Berg, Carol]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-10-30T15:34:14+00:00

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\a147That\a146s a surprise. She seems such a ... \a148

\a147 ... wretched brat?\a148

\a147Yeah, that.\a148

\a147She is. Whenever I see her, she takes me to task about the food, the clothes, the temperature, no windows, her bodyguards, no sunlight ...

everything. I think it\a146s just she doesn\a146t know how not to complain. I stay as far away from her as I can.\a148

\a147She is fine-looking, though, even when I saw her. Strange to think you might have been married to her by now.\a148 Paulo seemed to enjoy the thought.

I just found it alarming. \a147So, I guess some good came out of my being stolen away.\a148

He raised his eyebrows and shook his head. \a147Someday you\a146ll get all this sorcery and doom and king business out of your head and figure out there\a146s other things for a man to think about.\a148

On the day Paulo felt strong enough to climb the stairs to the portal, we set out for my long-delayed visit to the Source. Only an hour or so remained until time for the lights to go down. I had sat all day in the audience hall, hearing the petitions of a far-flung group of Singlars who wanted to dig a trench to draw water to their tappa fields from another tower cluster\a146s supply.

\a147Are you sure you feel up to this?\a148

Paulo pushed my hand away. \a147If you don\a146t get to it, you\a146re going to forget what you come here for. I don\a146t want you getting to like this king business too much. I\a146d give a deal to see the sun sometime soon.\a148

We made the stomach-jolting passage to the garden that was still blooming as if this particular spot were forever spring. The yellow daylight was hot as we clambered down the steps. Paulo stopped just inside the cave mouth, close enough to listen.

\a147I\a146m depending on you,\a148 I said. I hadn\a146t thought this venture would make me feel so unsettled, wound up tight with my stomach gnawing on itself.

\a147I\a146ll be here.\a148

Torches still burned in the sconces on the walls, making the cave sparkle, just as on our first visit. I walked the short distance to the spring. The basin itself was nothing remarkable, a slight depression in shallow shelf of rock that protruded from the mossy niche. The blue-green water seeped out of the surrounding rock to fill the basin and looked to be far deeper than the shallow bowl could possibly permit. I couldn\a146t resist the urge to dip my hand into it.

\a147So you\a146ve come at last.\a148 No sooner had I touched the water than the clear voice surrounded me, reverberating in my very bones as if the icy water had penetrated my skin and carried the sound directly into me.

\a147You know who I am?\a148 I said, peering under and around and behind the basin, examining the niche and the surrounding crystals as closely

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