The Shadow Behind the Stars by Hahn Rebecca

Author:Hahn, Rebecca [Hahn, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Eleven

WE WATCHED THAT FIRST MEETING from the window, silent shadows in a row, peering through the shutters.

The crowd quieted as the girl came out of the inn. She stopped at the bottom of the steps; she made a bow to Endymion. He smiled at her. It was a beautiful smile, and there was no fear in it. He didn’t know that she knew. For him, this was the ending he had always believed he deserved.

As Aglaia walked up next to him, she smiled back, and it was as beautiful as his. He said something to her; she laughed, and if I hadn’t seen her trembling beside me at this window only minutes earlier, I might have believed it too. There were answering smiles all through the crowd. Some of the women were holding their hands to their mouths or chests, tearing up.

He offered her the pretty white mare. One of his men dismounted to help her climb up; she took his hand but kept her eyes always on the prince. When she had settled onto the mare’s back, Endymion leaned close to her, and closer, and then, there in front of all his people, he was kissing her, and she did not flinch or wrinkle her nose or claw out his eyes. I don’t know how, but she kissed him back and smiled again when he leaned away.

They turned and rode up the street together, and the crowd strewed flowers all along their way.

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