Destiny of the Light: Shadow Through Time 1 (2014)
“A howling wind rose off the Everlasting Ocean as though to drive them onto the Plains, yet the sun beat down upon them. While Talis wore only a work-shirt and breeches, Pagan suffered in his dress uniform which had been required for his earlier meeting with The Dark.
Having delivered the King’s blessing for The Dark’s child, Pagan was now at leisure to spend several days in Be’uccdha before he needed to return to the Volcastle. He wished it could be longer. In fact, he wished never to go ba...ck. At least here he would not be reminded daily that the woman he desired lay with another.‘Our meeting here is hidden,’ Talis said, glancing back at the castle rising from the cliff-top behind them.Pagan, too, glanced at the castle which faced into the wind, all dark angles and menacing shadows. As always, a shiver of apprehension gripped him when he viewed Be’uccdha from outside its boundaries. Each time he visited Lae’s birthplace he felt a strange disquiet, as though even she who had been born here might require protection from its hostile vapours.MoreLess
Having delivered the King’s blessing for The Dark’s child, Pagan was now at leisure to spend several days in Be’uccdha before he needed to return to the Volcastle. He wished it could be longer. In fact, he wished never to go ba...ck. At least here he would not be reminded daily that the woman he desired lay with another.‘Our meeting here is hidden,’ Talis said, glancing back at the castle rising from the cliff-top behind them.Pagan, too, glanced at the castle which faced into the wind, all dark angles and menacing shadows. As always, a shiver of apprehension gripped him when he viewed Be’uccdha from outside its boundaries. Each time he visited Lae’s birthplace he felt a strange disquiet, as though even she who had been born here might require protection from its hostile vapours.MoreLess
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