Exile's Children by Angus Wells

Author:Angus Wells
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fantasy, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780307574640
Publisher: Spectra
Published: 2012-01-11T05:00:00+00:00

She said, “We must go to Benjamyn, ask him. He then approaches the master for permission. Is that granted, a priest comes here to perform the ceremony.”

“You’ve ascertained all this, eh?” He could not help but chuckle. “Were you so confident, then?”

She leaned back against his arms to look him in the eye and blushed prettily. “Not confident,” she said, and smiled. “But hopeful.”

“God, woman,” he laughed, “you surely do speak plain.”

“Would you have me otherwise?” she asked.

Arcole shook his head and said, “No, Flysse, I’d not. I’d have you just as you are.” Which was the truth, and quite unexpectedly prompted him to answer that unspoken question he had earlier avoided: “I love you—just as you are.”

It was, he realized, an honest declaration; or, at least, as honest as he was capable of. He was not sure precisely what love was, but if it meant such feelings as he entertained at the thought of losing her to another, or seeing her each day knowing he could not have her, then, yes, he loved her. If it meant this exhilaration he felt holding her, at the thought of their being together nightly, then, yes, he loved her. But if it meant staying with her, both their lives lived out as servants of Andru Wyme, indentured until death freed them, then—he must admit—he was not sure. He could not forsake his dream of escape. He could not tell her that, nor yet feel confident of sharing his dream. The guilt he felt at that surprised him, and if such guilt was a part of love, then again yes, he loved her.

Perhaps he would tell her. Likely, when they shared a room, it would be impossible to hide it from her. He decided he would wait, like any canny gambler, and see how the cards fell.

For now, with Flysse in his arms, he felt too happy to entertain such troubling thoughts for long.

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