Daughters of the Great Star by Diana Rivers

Author:Diana Rivers [Rivers, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay & Lesbian
ISBN: 9780966807509
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2012-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Of course, things were not to be so easily mended between us, nor a lasting peace made. For the next few days Rishka followed me around, dutifully doing as I told her. Zari followed Rishka even more closely than before, giving me puzzled looks that were a mix of gratitude and envy, as if Rishka and I were truly lovers. For that time, at least, Rishka was contrite, being carefully polite to others and avoiding Alyeeta altogether. Then her spirit began to rise. She could not resist sharpening her tongue on me again. Fired with passion, I learned to answer her in kind. It was during that time that we really became lovers, though it was never again to be kind and gentle—far from it. It was like a sword fight, all flashing edges. I had found someone who could meet my bitterness and grief with rage and no pretense of love. I threw myself over and over against her hardness with a kind of twisted joy. It satisfied my demons, fed them, and made them grow so that with each passing day, I myself became more and more like Rishka. I even gloried in it. I saw Alyeeta watching with concern and flaunted our passion before her. I can say “our”, for it was clear to me that Rishka met my furies with her own and had the same hard joy in our coming together.

At last Alyeeta summoned me to her shelter, as I knew sooner or later she must. I was ready with a whole stock of clever, cutting words and asked defiantly, “Are you angry with me for my Muinyairin lover? You were the one who sent her to me.”

“Yes, in truth I was, and I have come to regret it as all things done in anger are sooner or later to be regretted. I only meant for you to tame her a little, not to fall prey to her madness yourself. But how can I be angry at you, Little One? I am an old, old woman and you are very young. How can I begrudge you your youthful passions? I only love you. I do not own you.

“You are a great gift in my life, Tazzi, one I could not have hoped for or imagined. Who would dream that Alyeeta the Witch could have learned to love a human, and at my age. No, no, child, I am not angry with you, only glad for your existence and a little fearful for you at this moment. As to Rishka, if you could love her past some part of her bitterness, it would be a blessing. As she is now, she is of little use but for making trouble. Instead, I fear you yourself have become infected with her sickness. It is a dangerous business. Take care of your heart, Dear One. Protect yourself. It could all turn on you in a moment.”

I was not sure what she meant by that warning, but I found myself being gently kissed and firmly escorted out through the hanging ivy before I could gather an answer.

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