World Gates 03 - Gods Old and Dark by Holly Lisle

Author:Holly Lisle [Lisle, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, General, Magic, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780380818396
Google: TZhBoWdANqoC
Amazon: 0380818396
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2004-03-30T04:00:00+00:00

reward than I can be.

And perhaps Lauren is right, and someday I will find my way back to being real. Perhaps I can create my own soul. But not if our worlds die and I have done nothing to stop it. I don’t know if God or gods could love a destroyer, but duty does not permit such questions. Duty demands only that we fulfill it or fail. I do not intend to fail.

Wear the ring I leave for you. Never take it off.

This is my promise to you, that no matter where I am, a part of me will always be with you, and I will always watch over you, and if it is within my power to do so, I will keep you safe.

Good-bye, Seo. We will not meet again, I think. Or if we do, I will be someone else. I’m sorry. Whatever happens, I will always know that once I loved, and was loved in return. Without you, love would have passed me by.

Molly

She sat in the chair for a moment, wondering if perhaps it might be better to say nothing, to just leave and not come back. But then he would not know. He would be left wondering about her and worrying needlessly. He would lose sleep; fear would wear him away. He was a good man; he deserved far better than that.

She placed her note in the sand tray and scattered sand across it to dry the ink. When she was sure it would not blur to unreadability, she took it out, folded it, placed it in an envelope, and sealed the envelope with wax, using her thumb to mark the seal.

She thought about handing the envelope to one of the guards, but she did not want Seo to have to read what she had written in front of anyone. So she held her breath and slipped back into the room just long enough to leave the note on the bed beside him.

She looked at him lying there, asleep and for the moment at peace. Then she looked at the marks of herself—the person she had been—scattered around the room. The twelve-string guitar hung on the wall by the backless, armless guitar stool; the tab paper; the oil painting half finished on the easel over next to the balcony; her clothing, neatly folded.

She was not just walking away from Seolar. She was walking away from herself, too. From the woman who had found a measure of happiness in Oria that she had not even been able to imagine in her own world. From the woman who loved to play guitar and write songs, loved to paint, loved to read. From the woman who had loved. From the woman who had dreamed.

Duty called and Molly responded, knowing that she might never find that other woman again.

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