Valdemar 07.2 - Heralds of Valdemar 02 - Arrow's Flight by Lackey Mercedes

Author:Lackey, Mercedes [Lackey, Mercedes]
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction - Fantasy, Fiction, Fantasy, General, Fantasy - General, Romance - Gothic, Romance: Gothic
ISBN: 9780886773779
Publisher: Daw Books
Published: 1988-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

And this was the result. A fully developed Gift without any controls on it whatsoever, and a young wo man ready to kill herself the minute he turned his back.

"Listen to me, dammit Talia, listen!" He shook her again. "If things were that bad, Ro lan would have left you. He'd have repudiated anybody not worthy of her Whites. Has he made any move like that at all?"

"N-n-n-no . .."

"Has he even warned you?"

The sobs were fading. "N-n-no." "He's helped you, hasn't he? He's kept your damned secret. He thinks you're still a Herald. So act like one, dammit! Stop emoting and start thinking. You're in a mess; now how can we get you out of it?"

She looked up at him for the first time, eyes swollen and red. "We?"

"We," he repeated. "I'm as much to blame for this as you are. I should never have told you those damned stories-should have believed you when you told me they weren't true. I'd be willing to bet it was my doubt that made all this worse. Hmm?"

She shook her head, then hid her face against his chest. He pulled her closer, and began stroking her hair and rocking her a little. "Poor baby-" he murmu red, "-poor scared, lonely baby, here, try this." He reached out and seized a small leather bottle fro m the top of his pile of belongings beside them, and passed it to her. "One of the standard cures for sensitivity is wine. Th is ought to blunt your edges good!"

Talia accepted the bottle, took a gulp and almost choked. The stuff was like drinking sweet, liquid fire!

"What-is-that?" she asked when she'd stopped gasping for breath.

"Something the Healers make, spirits of wine, they call it. They make it by freezing the wine they make fro m honey, and throwing away the ice; that's what's left. The one that looks like a bear gave it to me before we left."

Talia took another drink, just a sip this time, and with more caution. It didn't burn the way the first mouthful had, and left behind a very pleasant sensation in her mouth and stomach. And it certainly did blunt the edges of both her sensitivity and her raw nerves. That was the best thing that had happened to her all day, so she took a third swallo w.

"Easy there, litt le one," Kris laughed, sounding relieved. "That stuffs potent!"

"I can tell," she said, feeling a b it giddy. "But I feel a lot better. Not so raw."

"That was what I hoped," he replied, appropriating the bottle and drinking fro m it h imself. "I suppose we shouldn't be drinking it on an empty stomach, but I figure you need it. Hell, after what I've been through, so do I!" She had drunk enough that she was just aware of Kris' mental presence; his proximity was no longer painful. "Thanks."

"Don't mention it."

She lay quietly in the circle of his arms, feeling utterly drained, as they contin ued to share sips of the bottle.

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