The Sorcerer's Daughter (The Defenders of Shannara) by Terry Brooks

Author:Terry Brooks [Brooks, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2016-05-23T16:00:00+00:00

Once through the interior of the tavern and back out onto the street, Leofur hauled Imric down the roadway a few buildings farther, then pushed him into an alley and against a wall. “What did you think you were doing back there?” she demanded.

He looked confused. “What do you mean? When?”

“When you looked like you were making my personal life your business! That disrupted everything I’d planned. You came to my defense as if I were some callow girl in danger of assault! Why would you do that? What were you thinking?”

He straightened but did not flinch. “I didn’t like him talking about you that way. I didn’t like him period. How can you trust people like that?”

She was so mad she could have spit. Imric might have powerful gifts, but his ability to navigate certain social situations was sorely lacking. Couldn’t he see what she had been doing? Couldn’t he understand that letting Closteralt brag a bit about their relationship was harmless rhetoric and might even have resulted in getting them more information? But instead, he had bulled in and turned her negotiation with the other man adversarial. Could Imric really not understand that she knew how to handle herself in these situations?

But then, abruptly, she realized that he couldn’t. He didn’t understand any of it. Shut away at Paranor with no companions and no experience in the ways of men and women, he was woefully ignorant. He reacted the way a child would—coming to her defense, championing her virtue, standing up for her character. He saw himself as her protector in all things, and not just the physical.

She was suddenly ashamed, for she could see the hurt in his face and hear the pain in his explanation. It was as if she had kicked a puppy. She stepped back quickly, giving herself space and a moment’s time in which to recover.

Her apology came slowly. “I overreacted. You couldn’t have known what I was thinking. Forgive me.”

He shook his head, not looking at her. “There is nothing to forgive. I should have done as you say. I should have stayed out of it. I keep thinking that you’re vulnerable, but I have to remember how strong and capable you are. I wish I were better at remembering, but I don’t know that I ever will be.”

“Yes, you will,” she said, reaching for his arm, linking it with her own, and tugging hard on it. “I’ll make sure of it.”

They began walking again, side by side, heads lowered as they put one foot in front of the other and tried to think of something to say. “You don’t think he will betray us later?” Imric asked finally.

She shook her head. “It would come back to haunt him if he does. You heard what he said about the witch. And my father isn’t much better.”

“It’s up to this boy, then, to tell us what we need to know?”

“It looks that way. We have to find him first, and then see if he actually has anything to tell us.

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