The Legend Begins by Georgina Makalani

Author:Georgina Makalani
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Georgina Makalani
Published: 2023-04-24T00:00:00+00:00

Flare carefully pushed the bread through the bars and sighed as Iski’s fingers brushed hers. She gulped down the threatening tears and brushed ineffectually at the flour and dust that covered her skirts. Edris wore the same grin she had over the past few days whenever Flare was close to Iski. It wasn’t often enough. But she wouldn’t give the old witch the satisfaction of knowing just how much that grin unsettled her. As she left Iski’s cage she focused on tidying the table and filling the kettle and sweeping the hearth.

“Are you going to eat me?” Iski asked suddenly, and Flare dropped the broom.

“What a strange question,” Edris muttered. “But you will not be leaving here as you planned.”

Flare wanted to scream that there was no way out but instead she stooped and picked up the broom.

“You need a little time together,” Edris said, her voice soft and friendly, as she moved painfully slowly towards the door. “You know you can’t get out.”

As the door clicked shut Flare froze. She couldn’t even raise a smile for Iski who studied her silently across the room. As soon as she relaxed Edris would reappear and tear them apart. Holding his hand through the bars was not the same, but Edris was right, there was no way out.

She moved quickly to the door but the latch was slippery and she leant her head against the wood. When a hand rested on her shoulder she swung wildly, her arms up, and Iski was closing his arms around her and holding her close to his chest. His heart hammered and he was smaller and less solid in her arms.

“What do we do?” she asked.

He shook his head and kissed her forehead. “There is nothing of you,” he muttered letting her go and looking her over.

“Food hasn’t been the same since the mushrooms.”

He pulled her close again and she sobbed at the unnatural safety she felt against his chest. The old woman could return at any time and that they would never be free of her. They were never going to have the life Flare wanted for them.

“I wish we had married,” she muttered into his chest.

“Flare,” he said pulling her out to look at her again, “You have always been my wife.”

“Not twins?”

“Never,” he whispered, leaning forward to kiss her.

“She hasn’t explained why she keeps us here,” Flare said, shaking him off.

“Or when she will release us.”

Flare shook her head, but he was pulling her close again and kissing her neck. “If this is all we have, I want to keep you as close as I can.”

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