Bold Ascension by Vaughn Roycroft

Author:Vaughn Roycroft [Roycroft, Vaughn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Avalon Cottage Publishing LLC
Published: 2023-11-13T16:00:00+00:00

Icannes held Urias’s hand as they strolled back to the firelight, trying not to worry about how she would ask him or how he might react. Did she even have the right to ask so much of him? She tried to reassure herself that however Urias answered, the results would be as they were meant to be. But she couldn’t quite convince herself. Sure, she believed in their destiny. But she also knew that destiny was a matter of choice. A series of choices, actually.

Icannes took a deep breath, ready to blurt it. Instead, at the last moment, she said, “Will you stay with me tonight?” Maybe it would be easier in the morning.

Urias smiled. “I’d like that.”

This wasn’t fair. She should’ve asked him at dinner, before he might feel any sort of obligation. Asking in the morning might be even less fair. It would only make it harder. Plus, how would she sleep? “I have a favor to ask,” she said and drew to a halt. He turned to her. “I should have asked it earlier.”

“No matter. Ask it now.” Icannes sensed his apprehension. How could he not be?

“It is much to ask. You don’t have to answer tonight. Just promise that you’ll think on it.”

Urias laughed. “Now I’m frightened.”

“Don’t be.” Icannes forced a smile. “Know that however you answer, it changes nothing between us. Tonight will always be as special as we both know it to be.”

“All right, I promise. Ask already.”

“It has to do with our sister,” she said. “And her daughter.”

His brow furrowed. “Elan? And Brin?” Icannes nodded. Urias sighed and smiled. “For a moment there, I thought this was going to be about our… well, the child you hope we’ve made.”

“In a way, it is. Come, let’s walk some more. There is a tale to tell in order for you to understand what I’ll be asking of you.” Icannes pulled her kind and loving man back toward the lakeshore, knowing there was no going back. She reminded herself that he would be just as kind and loving, no matter how he answered.

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