Soul of the Fire by Terry Goodkind

Author:Terry Goodkind
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3, pdf
Tags: Epic, Fantasy, Fiction, General
ISBN: 9780812551495
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Published: 2000-03-14T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 35

RICHARD, CONSIDERING EVERYTHING KAHLAN had told him, and what the chimes had, in their own brutal way, told him, stood staring off toward Aydindril. Learning some of the history of Anderith only made him feel more sure of his decision.

"I knew we had to be going the wrong way," he said at last.

Kahlan frowned out over the empty plains to the northeast, where he was looking. "What do you mean?"

"Zedd used to tell me that if the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way."

"Richard, we've been all through that," Kahlan said with weary insistence as she pushed her cloak back over her shoulder. "We need to get to Aydindril. Now, more than ever, you must see that."

"The Mother Confessor is right," Cara said, returning from Du Chaillu, now that the woman was resting. Richard noticed that Cara's knuckles were white around her Agiel. "These chimes must be banished. We must help Zedd set magic right again."

"Oh, really? You don't know, Cara, how pleased I am to hear that you are now such a devotee of magic." Richard looked around, checking for their gear. "I have to go to Anderith."

"Richard, we very well could be leaving inactive in Aydindril a spell that would be the solution to the chimes."

"I'm the Seeker, remember?" Richard was thankful for Kahlan's counsel, and he highly valued it, but now that he had heard what she had to say, analyzed the options, and made his decision, his patience was at an end. It was time to act. "Let me do my job."

"Richard, this is-"

"You once swore an oath before Zedd-pledged your life in the defense of the Seeker. You thought it that important. I'm not asking for your life, only your understanding that I'm doing as I must."

Kahlan took a breath, trying to be tolerant and calm with him when he was hardly hearing her. "Zedd urged us to do this for him so he would be able to counter the ebbing of magic." She tugged his sleeve to get his attention. "We can't all go rushing off to Anderith."

"You're right."

Kahlan frowned suspiciously. "Good."

"We're not all going to Anderith." Richard found their blanket and snatched it up. "As you said, Aydindril is important, too."

Kahlan seized the front of his shirt and hauled him around to face her.

"Oh no you don't." She shook her finger in his face. "Oh no you don't, Richard.

"We're married. We've been through too much. We're not going to separate now. Not now. And certainly not just because I'm angry with you for forgetting to tell Zedd about your first wife. I'll not have it, Richard, do you hear me?"

"Kahlan, this has nothing to do-"

Her green eyes afire, she shook him by his shirt. "I'll not have it! Not after all it took for us to be together."

Richard glanced at Cara, not far away. "Only one of us needs to go to Aydindril." He took her hand from his shirt, giving it a little squeeze of reassurance before she could say anything more.

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