Healed by Hope

Author:Jim Melvin [Melvin, Jim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781611945669
Publisher: BelleBooks, Inc.
Published: 2014-10-30T04:00:00+00:00

Who’s in charge?

41

WHILE EATING A light breakfast in their chambers, Torg and Laylah revisited their previous night’s conversation about the baby. It relieved Torg that Laylah seemed to have returned to her old self, but neither he nor she believed that the change was guaranteed to be permanent.

“It . . . he . . . is growing so fast it’s starting to hurt,” Laylah said with a grimace. “I can feel his power, Torg. It’s like I’ve swallowed a cinder. And I can sense his . . . will. There’s a part of me that loves him dearly, but another part that’s afraid.”

Torg arched an eyebrow. “Afraid? In what way?”

“Of what he might do to us . . . what he has already done to us. What if he becomes as powerful as his father? This time, we might not be able to stop him.”

Torg put his arm around her and kissed her on the cheek. “You and I will return to Anna as soon as possible. I will lay my hands on you then—and we shall see what we shall see.”

Laylah kissed him back. “If I become cruel or do something strange, you’ll understand why? You’ll remember that I love you beyond all else?”

“I will understand—and remember. I love you too, beyond all else.”

Afterward Torg and Laylah left their chambers and entered the city to meet with Podhana. The chieftain reported that most of Senasana had been cleansed. Then he asked Torg if he wanted patrols sent beyond the city’s borders to search for rogues. Torg nodded.

“Arrange for twenty-five score Tugars to remain behind and assign an Asēkha to lead them,” Torg said. “It will be their responsibility to hunt down any fiends who might have wandered into the Gray Plains.”

“And the rest of us?”

“You shall return to Anna.”

Podhana smiled. “With you and the queen? It shall be joyous, my lord.”

Torg shook his head. “She and I will arrive before you.”

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