Stained Glass Heart by Asaro Catherine

Author:Asaro, Catherine [Asaro, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Epilogue

Light sifted from the hall into the darkened bedroom. Vyrl stood with Lily in the doorway, watching their two

youngest children, toddlers of two and three, sleeping on the downy bed.

"They're so sweet when they're asleep," Lily whispered.

Vyrl laughed, quietly so he didn't wake the boys. "And terrors when they're awake."

"They're angels," she admonished. When he didn't look suitably chastised, she tickled him. Vyrl picked her up

and swung her away from the door, with Lily struggling not to laugh or make noise. It amazed him how light she

felt. He had kept growing after their marriage and his shoulders had broadened even more. Now, at nineteen, he

had reached his full height of six feet two.

He set her down outside their daughter's bedroom, and they peered in at the four-year-old snuggled under her

quilt. Then, as quiet as mumble-mice, they walked into the living room of the farmhouse their families had helped

them build. Rugs warmed the floor, hangings brightened the walls, and bubble plants in pots added touches of

color.

Lily tugged Vyrl toward their bedroom, but he shook his head. "I need to study." He suddenly felt heavy.

Sometimes the weight of his responsibilities seemed to sink into him. He was so often tired, working the farm,

raising the children, and keeping up his studies. Even having delayed his entrance into Parthonia University until

this year, he didn't feel ready. If their families hadn't helped so much, he didn't know how he and Lily would have

managed.

She laid her hand on his arm. "Don't worry. Everything will be fine."

Vyrl smiled at her. Don't worry. "How often you've said that to me. And how often you've been right." She made him want to dance.

He had less time to work out now, but he managed to keep up his training with Rahkil. That he and Lily had

two sets of parents happy to spend time with their grandchildren meant more than he knew how to say. It gave

Lily time to learn more about the farm while Vyrl studied. It astonished him that Lily was so good at running the

farm. She could do sums faster in her head than he could on his palmtop. But as much as he worried about his

university work, he liked the challenge. Lily settled him, and now that he could pursue his own interests in

agriculture and biology, it was easier to concentrate on the subjects he dreaded. And no matter how much the

children exhausted him, he loved them so much that sometimes he thought he would burst with it. Perhaps

someday, many years down the road, he could think of dancing beyond Lyshriol, but until then this was more than

enough.

Vyrl pulled Lily into his arms. "Dance with me."

"Always," she murmured.

They twirled around the living room, moving to music they heard in their minds, and Vyrl's heart filled with

the stained glass colors of joy.

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