The Best Is Yet To Be by Le Veque Kathryn

Author:Le Veque, Kathryn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Medieval, Romance
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2019-12-12T16:00:00+00:00

“My mother?”

“Aye.”

“And Uncle Paris?”

“Aye.”

Moira Hage de Norville, wife of Apollo, was staring at Cassiopeia as if the woman had just sprouted horns. They were standing in the entry of Castle Questing’s massive keep, a place that was more private than the wild meal that was going on in the great hall at the moment.

Moira looked much like her mother with her dark hair and pert nose, but she had more of her father’s temperament which was why she wasn’t openly denouncing what Cassiopeia, her sister-in-law, had just told her. In fact, she was more than a little stunned. She wasn’t quite sure how to react.

“Are you suggesting that my mother – who has shown nothing but annoyance with Uncle Paris – keep company with the man?” she finally asked. “She’s never shown the slightest interest in him!”

Cassiopeia nodded. “Mimi, you don’t understand,” she said quietly, using the nickname Moira had as a child. “Since Apollo is at Northwood even now, he is being told what I am going to tell you. We all know that Papa has been lonely and depressed since my mother died, but none of us realized how bad it was. Yesterday, he tried to drown himself in the river and would have were it not for the heroic actions of Hector and Uncle William. He told Uncle William that he wanted to die because he was tired of the pain of living.”

Moira’s eyes filled with tears. “Oh… Cassie,” she whispered. “Is it true?”

“It is. I would not lie to you.”

Moira sniffled, wiping at her cheeks quickly as the tears fell. “We knew he was sad, but he seemed to be soldiering on. He’s a proud man. Mayhap he wanted us all to think he was stronger than he was.”

Cassiopeia nodded. “That’s exactly what he wanted us to think,” she said. “But it wasn’t true. He’s so lonely and sad that he would rather die than face life.”

“And you think my mother can help?”

Cassiopeia shrugged. “She is alone and my father is alone. They have known each other their entire lives. Why must they spend the remainder of their lives alone when they can spend it with each other? Surely there is some comfort in that.”

Moira thought on that. She had always been levelheaded and wise, so very much like her father in that aspect. “Has anyone spoken to her about it? Is that why Uncle Paris is here?”

“Aunt Jordan has spoken to my father,” Cassiopeia said. “She’s speaking to Aunt Jemma right now. They are out in the garden and I just saw Alec go out there.”

Moira pursed her lips, turning towards the garden entry. “I hope my brother does not spoil what Aunt Jordan is trying to accomplish,” she said. “Truthfully, I am not entirely sure this is a good idea given how my mother and Uncle Paris have always reacted to one another, but I am deeply saddened to know how badly Uncle Paris has been. Mayhap if he and my mother… well, being with a man who annoys you is better than no man at all, I suppose.

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