Blessed by Sapphires (A Dance with Destiny Book 2) by JK Ensley & Jennifer Ensley

Author:JK Ensley & Jennifer Ensley [Ensley, JK]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jennifer K. Ensley
Published: 2014-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32

Lyra

(LYE-rah)

My mind went back to my homeland of Ashgard. I thought about the peace that once reigned there… and how one man could strike fear into the hearts of so many. I wondered if it’d changed since my exile. I thought about the wonderful things called movie theatres on layer eight, and the little boxes called televisions. They had replaced the traveling storytellers on that layer—rendering them nearly obsolete—but they were amazing in what they accomplished. On those blank screens, history came alive. Dreams were brought out into the light. Imaginations were allowed to run free. A whole layer, privy to such vast knowledge. Yet, it seemed to cause them equal parts harm and good. Pound for pound, dose for dose.

If we only knew then what we know now.

I knew where the odd little stone was the whole time. I’d seen it. Even picked it up, when Vittorio had first presented me with my lovely little hideaway. It was in the pool exactly under the downward torrent of my magical waterfall. Then my mind switched to Vittorio holding my hands as I stood upon his feet while we danced. I could no more temper the smile those memories caused than I could pluck the stars down from the heavens. I had been blessed. Forget all the bad decisions and misplaced intentions. I had been truly and irrevocably blessed by God.

I had known love and kindness everywhere I’d roamed. In Ashgard, I was loved by more people than I could even call to mind at the moment. In Vanahirdem, I was loved by the whole ethereal city at but a glance. On layer eight, I was loved by many more than I even knew. Children, parents, and whole families held me in high regard. Even in hell, eternal darkness, love found me. I had nothing to do with it. None of it was caused by my own actions or worth. I was simply blessed. And today, well, today I was finally thankful for it. Forget all the pain that normally accompanies it. Being loved is a glorious and just thing.

One oddly curious thing about love, it’s highly contagious. It spreads purposefully from creature to creature. It opens their hearts, steps inside, and they realize it not until it is too late. Some even try to guard themselves from it, hide from it, build walls to keep it out. But love freely goes where it will. No obstacles or power can halt its swelling tide.

I had heard it once said… We do not claim love. It chooses each man as it will. Truer words on the subject could not be spoken.

“I love… Love!” I laughed out loud, holding my arms wide as I spun in a circle.

“It’s a glorious thing, is it not?”

The liquidy voice was enticing. I turned toward the sea. My thought-filled journey had led my wandering feet to my destination much quicker than I had anticipated.

The strange creature speaking to me from the water blinked its oversized dull eyes with two different sets of lids.

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