Innkeeper Chronicles 3.5: Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews

Author:Ilona Andrews [Andrews, Ilona]
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-05T03:48:47+00:00

“I’ve been on the planet for three days!”

“Three days is plenty. What is it you want, Maud of the Innkeepers?”

“I want Helen to be happy.”

Ilemina sighed and drank her wine. “My parents had no use for me when

I was growing up. Their House was a war house. There was always a war

they were fighting or preparing to fight. They didn’t notice me until I

grew enough to be useful. I exerted myself to my fullest, I excelled, I

volunteered for every action, just to get a crumb of their attention. When

I met my future husband, I was a marshal of their house. I talked to

Arland’s father for less than an hour, and I knew I would walk away with

him if he asked. For the very first time in my life someone saw me as I

was.”

Ilemina smiled. “I did walk away with him and then I fought a war against

my parents’ house when they tried to punish me for finding happiness. It

was the ultimate act of selfishness on their part. So when my daughter

was born, I swore that I wouldn’t be my mother. I paid attention to my

child. I was involved in every aspect of her life. I nurtured her, supported

her, encouraged her. I trained her. So did my husband. Some might say

that my husband and I had neglected our own union for the sake of our

daughter and they wouldn’t be wrong.”

Ilemina paused, tracing the rim of her glass with her finger. “When my

daughter was twenty-two years old, she met a knight and fell in love. He

was everything I could ever wish for in a son-in-law. My heart broke

anyway, but I didn’t want to stand in her way. She married him. She lives

halfway across the Galaxy and visits once every year or two. Arland was

ten years old when she left. He barely knows her. I have grandchildren

I almost never see.”

Maud had no idea what to say, so she stayed silent.

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