The Blending 08 - Destiny by Sharon Green

Author:Sharon Green
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fantasy, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780380812950
Publisher: Eos
Published: 2002-03-31T13:00:00+00:00

Bensia Noll paced back and forth in the sitting room, much too agitated to read the way she'd been doing earlier. She knew she should have heard from Sembrin or one of his men at least an hour ago, even if they'd had a small bit of trouble at the palace. Everyone in the peasants' new government ought to be dead by now, so why hadn't someone returned to tell her that? Possibly she ought to send one of the guards left at the house to find out…

"And why aren't the children down here with me?" Bensia muttered, stopping to glare at the empty doorway. "I sent a servant to fetch them, so they should have been down here by now. Do I have to do everything myself?"

"Your pardon, Lady, but there are callers here to see you," one of the servants appeared to say, making Bensia jump just a bit. "Shall I show them in?"

"Of course you're to show them in!" Bensia snapped, hating the stupidity those peasants always showed. Imagine, asking if they ought to show in men who were in this house until just this morning. "I've been waiting for those callers, so get them in here fast!"

"Yes, my lady," the servant said with a bow, and then he stepped aside. Bensia was all ready to demand that Sembrin's men tell her what had taken so long, but the first sight of her "callers" froze the words on her tongue. Instead of it being Sembrin's men who were shown in, the callers were three strange women, two strange men, and Edmin Ruhl!

"Well, Bensia, how delightful to see you again," Edmin all but purred as he and the others came farther into the room. "I must say you're looking fit, and that's a lucky thing. You'll soon need all the fitness you can get."

"Guards!" Bensia shrieked, both furious and frightened at this unexpected turn of events. "Guards! Get in here now!"

"You want your guards?" Edmin drawled as he and the others stopped only a few feet away. "Oh, what a pity. We didn't realize you'd want them when we put them under arrest, thinking they'd be much better off with the rest of their ilk. We have them all, you know, including their leader and your poor husband."

"Mother, what's going on?" Travin demanded as he and his brother and sisters came hurrying in. "Who are these people?"

"No one of any importance, dear," Bensia replied with a smile, relief flooding through her. "I'm afraid we've lost your father's services, but the assistance of these people will probably prove to be a good deal more valuable. Why don't we see if we can convince them to cooperate with us? There's a good chance they even have access to the palace, the place we'll be going next. The place we're destined to be."

"If they have access to the palace, they must be servants there," Travin said with a sniff, properly identifying the group as one of peasants. "But I think we can still make use of them.

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