Iron Fist Keep by Steven Atwood

Author:Steven Atwood
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steven Atwood

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A few hours later, Galin and Jena returned to their room. They were sitting on the bed next to one another, holding hands. He looked into her eyes. What if that was Jena and not her mother? Could they really wait until they took Iron Fist Keep? That could be years, or maybe never. No, she was right before. It was time that he did what he’d asked her to do nearly two years ago. “I was thinking about us—”

“You were right,” Jena said as she tore her eyes away. “We need to wait.”

Was this karma? Galin shook his head. “No, I don’t want to wait. You were right. If we wait too long, we’ll never get married. I asked you, remember?”

Jena nodded. “I know, but this changes things. I understand now; how you must have felt after your mother was murdered by…them.” Her face hardened. “Nothing is more important to me than getting that thing that killed my mother. I don’t want our marriage tainted with this…hatred.”

Galin swallowed as he saw his loving Jena turn into a vengeful monster. Was that his doing? He shook his head. “I want to get married now, before I lose you.”

Her eyes bore into him like a wild dog’s teeth tears at its prey. “No.”

His pleading eyes fell as her face became stern. “Don’t let it consume you, as it did me.”

“I won’t,” she said.

Galin looked away. What have I done?

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