Lo, How a Rose by Faith Blum

Author:Faith Blum
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Love Story, Israel, Historical, Jewish History, King David, Beauty and the Beast, Trust and Obey, Clean & Wholesome
Publisher: Faith Blum
Published: 2018-10-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The dancing flames of the fire kept his attention long past the time Nava left. When the flames died, he stared at the coals instead. Those soon died out, too, and he closed his eyes. He rolled his neck around in a circle to his right and then back again, trying to loosen it up. With slow movements, he stood and went to his room. He lay down on his mat and fell into a fitful sleep.

The next morning, they worked together again, this time in silence. The roof was almost finished, and Rapha wondered what he would do when it was. Farming was out of the question here. It was much too warm and the dirt would let very little grow. I suppose I will have to simply figure out a way to feed us each day. Hunting for meat to eat and other edible plants would take many hours each day.

The day went by quickly as they worked together. He reached down to grab the next brick from Nava, something caught his attention. He stared across the desert a few more seconds until it came closer. A cloud of dust, and not a natural dust storm. This was made by a man—or many men.

His body tensed. He couldn’t let them take Nava.

“Rapha?” Nava asked. “What is it?”

“Somebody’s coming. Get in the house.”

Nava spun around and looked. “But why would they come here? Who might it be?”

“To get you and take you away from me.”

“But why? I told Abba I wanted to stay here.”

Rapha jumped off the roof and dragged Nava inside. He closed the gate he had made weeks before. “I don’t know why. Maybe the elders thought you being here was a bad idea. Maybe Alon decided it was high time he got me back. Maybe your abba has had second thoughts about leaving you here.”

Nava shook her head. “He may have had second thoughts, but he would never tell Alon where you are.”

“Either way, you need to go back with them.”

Nava gasped. “What? Why?”

“It is the only way to peacefully resolve this.”

“We don’t even know what this is!” Nava pointed toward the growing dust cloud. “The only way I’ll go is if you tell me to go.”

Rapha glowered at her in an attempt to intimidate her and gestured to the house. “Do you see this? We made it together, just the two of us. Yet I want you to go have a life outside of this primitive place. I can’t bear to think what you could have had if you hadn’t been here.”

Nava took a step backward. “I know my life might be easier if I wasn’t here, but what do you want? If the choice were up to you, what would you do? Would you choose for me to go or stay?”

Rapha stared at her and swallowed hard. He was spared from answering by a loud shout from outside.

Nava put a hand on his arm. “Be careful.”

Rapha turned away from her and approached the gate, locking it as he got to it.

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