Red-Robed Priestess by Elizabeth Cunningham

Author:Elizabeth Cunningham [Cunningham, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780983358992
Publisher: Monkfish Book Publishing
Published: 2013-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

When I came to, I was back in the guest hut with Sarah, Bele, and Alyssa. If it hadn’t been for their anxious hovering, I might have thought my encounter with Boudica had been a dream.

“Are you all right?” asked Sarah, whose dark skin looked almost pale.

I nodded, though when I sat up, I still felt a little dizzy.

“Rest, Mother of Sarah,” said Alyssa, sitting behind me to prop me up.

Bele brought me a bowl of broth, but Sarah stayed right where she was, close to me but facing me.

“Boudica was afraid it was your heart,” said Sarah. “She carried you back, you know, as if you weighed nothing. She has sent for a healer. Do you have pain anywhere? Can you speak?”

“No pain,” I said, though my tongue felt a little clumsy. “I don’t think there is anything wrong with me, other than the usual.”

Sarah frowned, her eyebrows drawn together so they almost met, just the way her father’s had.

“Did Boudica say something to upset you?” Sarah wanted to know.

“No, I mean, yes.” I paused and tried to reconstruct what had happened. “Well, it wasn’t the easiest conversation, but it wasn’t what she said, it’s, it’s what I saw.”

“Oh,” said Sarah. “You had another vision.”

“Yes.” I closed my eyes to call it back, then opened them. I did not want to see it again. “It was like the one I had before when we were in the valley near the fort, only worse.”

“Worse?” prompted Sarah after a moment.

“Yes, worse,” I repeated. “Because Boudica, Boudica….” I found I couldn’t finish.

I did not know I was weeping until Sarah put her arms around me and held me close. Two embraces from two daughters in one morning and yet no comfort, for I felt powerless to protect either one.

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