Heart of Time (Knight Traveler) by Black Regan

Author:Black, Regan [Black, Regan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Getaway Reads, LLC
Published: 2015-11-30T23:00:00+00:00

“As you say.”

The Lady gave him the rest of the day, allowing him time to sort out the bewildering images and thoughts crowding his mind. He honored her only request that he stay close to the small encampment she’d designated for him and his men.

The afternoon turned to night and his friends did not return, seeing to their own obligations and preparations to be sure.

In the stillness of dawn, Arthur stood at the shoreline of Avalon. From here, where the mist was thin, he could watch the sunrise over both Avalon and his domain. Rarely did he feel his mortality as keenly as he did today. He knew his days were numbered, had always been, just as it was for every man. To his knowledge, only the three men he’d brought to Avalon might be able to cheat death.

“Morgana will not have the last word,” he told the sun peeking over the horizon.

“She may well have several words between now and then,” Merlin said.

Arthur had long ago given up on asking how the wizard snuck up on him. He didn’t bother turning to the deep voice laden with wisdom. Nor did he ask his friend why he hadn’t shown himself to the knights recruited to their cause. None of those questions would be answered.

“How does the day find you, Merlin?”

“Lighter than those before it,” the wizard replied with more candor than Arthur had heard in years. “You’ve done well and I thank you. The world may never give you proper credit for all that you have sacrificed and will yet sacrifice for its preservation.”

“Will we prevail?” Arthur winced as the words left his lips. That question too was doomed to go unanswered.

“Do you believe?”

Arthur believed in many things. He believed in a world of justice and peace. He believed in the inherent goodness of imperfect people and the perpetual threat of discontent and evil. He believed in powers he didn’t understand and great accomplishments he’d witnessed that could only be attributed to miraculous intervention.

While clear answers would be welcomed, he supposed he had enough proof and evidence to counter any vagaries of dreams or intuition.

“Yes, Merlin, I believe,” he said at last.

He waited for Merlin’s response while the sun, a golden orb setting the world aglow, pushed at the misty veil, seeking any weakness. In the ongoing silence, he knew his mentor and counselor was long gone. With his hand on Excalibur’s hilt, Arthur sighed. Once more Merlin had given him what he needed most, confirmation of his own heart and purpose.

The knights were dispatched and he should depart as well. Arthur walked along the shore until the mist was at his back and the glassy lake hidden once more. Feeling the difference in the very earth under his feet, he stretched his legs and ran through the trees, signaling the guard who’d been waiting patiently for his return.

It was time to reorganize and begin his hunt in earnest on the western horizon. If he could do even one thing to ease the way for his brave knights, he would live with that purpose beginning today.

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