Of Glass and Glamour by Chanda Hahn

Author:Chanda Hahn [Hahn, Chanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chanda Hahn

Chapter Fifteen

I stilled, my hand going to my throat as I waited to see if she made a move toward me. Her black eyes studied me beneath her protruding forehead, and she waved me to sit.

“Sit, child. Your secret is safe with me. I am Ogress De La Cour.”

The canvas tent opened up, and Prince Evander entered. “I’m very sorry about Melisandre Fernglass. That was very rude of her.”

“Bah! Sit. It is fine. She wouldn’t have liked her fortune anyway. She wanted to know if you would marry her, and it is obvious that you won’t.”

Evander coughed gently and sat down on the cushion next to me. The space was so small that his knees brushed against my curled-up legs.

“Payment first.” Her plump hand reached out to us, and I fingered the small silver ring with a blue stone that I wore on my right hand. It was a gift that was given to me by my birth parents—or that was what Mother Eville said. The ring served as a reminder to me that I didn’t belong to Lorelai and that my parents didn’t want me.

But I didn’t bring any money. Who would have thought I needed it? And I dare not glamour anything into coin in front of the prince.

I dropped the ring into her palm. When her fingers curled around the token, I felt a sense of freedom.

“No, madam, I will take care of the payment.” Evander held out three gold coins that were worth far more than my ring. “You can return Eden’s ring.”

Ogress laughed. “Why would I? What she has given me is far more valuable than your coins. For this was a sacrifice, wasn’t it, child?”

“Yes.”

“No, keep your money, prince. It has no value here.”

Evander leaned close to me and whispered, “Don’t worry. I can replace your ring.”

“Do you think any ring can replace that which was given by a loved one?” Ogress laughed.

The fortune teller’s comments were hitting too close to home. She knew more about me than I did, and I was quickly becoming uncomfortable. What if she knew about my past? What if she knew my parents? Would she reveal my heritage to the prince and would I be cast out or imprisoned?

All the unanswered questions began to worry me, and I felt light-headed.

“What would you like to know?” she asked me.

“Nothing,” I whispered and stood up to leave.

“Eden.” Evander reached out and gently took my hand. “It’s okay if you want to ask about your future.”

“No, I… I don’t want to know. I don’t even know what to ask.”

“They loved you dearly,” Ogress said softly.

“What? But I didn’t even ask anything yet.” I tried to keep my tears in check and my hands from trembling.

“I’m a seer. I know the question you will ask before you even ask. But the answer to your question is, yes, they loved you very much. But it was because they saw your future and loved you that they chose to do what they did. It was the only path.

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