The Lore Chronicles by Kathryn Le Veque

Author:Kathryn Le Veque
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Medieval
Published: 2020-09-04T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

A HEART SO DEAR

IT WAS A conversation he never thought he would have.

Something like a dream; he’d fantasized about it a thousand times but ever thought he’d ever actually have the opportunity to live that dream.

Now, his life was complete.

In his shed out in the kitchen yard, Rhogan sat on his bed of straw, with just a woolen blanket for warmth even in this freezing temperature. The cook had given him an old brazier that no one else in the castle used but he often didn’t have the fuel for it, so it sat like a block of ice next to his bed as he rested there, reflecting on his conversation with Juliana. He may have been freezing on the outside but, on the inside, his heart was exploding with warmth.

Love.

He’d cried through the conversation. He could admit that now. Her voice was so sweet to his ear, her manner so soothing, that it broke down the hard shell he’d developed over the years.

When Juliana had first come into the yard, he’d been caught off guard just like everyone else. In fact, he’d resisted the urge to run, fearful she would realize who he was and see what he’d become. But the ensuing conversation had been quite unexpected – it was evident that she had no idea who he was and she had been concerned that those two fools had been taunting him when he hadn’t even noticed. He’d long learned to shut people like that out. But Juliana had chased them away, like a champion, and he’d stood there like a dolt, unsure what to say or do when everyone else seemed to flee. When they had all gone and he’d been the only one to remain in that yard, alone with Juliana, the realization had jolted him into action. He’d tried to flee, too, but she wouldn’t let him.

He was trapped.

Yet her soft and gentle heart had been concerned for him. She wanted to speak to him and he’d had no choice but to remain. But in hindsight, he was glad he had remained, even if he had been fearful the entire time that she would realize to whom she was speaking. But she hadn’t, which wasn’t entirely surprising considering the physical change he’d gone through. Rhogan had been wholly amazed when the conversation had somehow drifted to the subject of “him”.

At least… he thought it was him. A friend who had run away, who had been injured. How they got onto the subject, he didn’t know, but they had. He had no idea how Juliana had come to discover his injury and he’d very much wanted to ask her, but his questions were silenced. He couldn’t ask her and not give himself away. Had it been his father, who had been in France trying to convince him to come home when the accident had happened? Or had it been any number of messengers or soldiers moving between Kerkrade and England? Somehow, someway, she’d been told.

She knew of his plight.

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