Heart's Magic
“ Mirielle did not see either Giles or Hugh for the next day and a half. They did not appear for meals in the great hall. The servants told her that severe discomfort from his old wound was keeping Giles in his room, with Hugh serving as his nurse. Since neither man sent to her for medicine, Mirielle did not believe the story, but she did not go to the guestroom to investigate. Fear of her emotional reaction to Giles, and of what she might be induced to reveal while there, kept her away.
She ...was not sure whether Giles or Hugh frightened her more. She knew that Hugh had the capacity to use real magic upon her. Only the strong core of morality she had recognized in him had prevented him so far. But if he had not learned by now whatever it was that he wanted to know, Hugh might be desperate enough to try to trick her. Giles’s effect upon her senses was far more unsettling than Hugh’s magic and therefore even more threatening to her—and to Brice’s wellbeing.
Mirielle was more certain than ever that there was some secret purpose to the continued presence at Wroxley of those two men.MoreLess
She ...was not sure whether Giles or Hugh frightened her more. She knew that Hugh had the capacity to use real magic upon her. Only the strong core of morality she had recognized in him had prevented him so far. But if he had not learned by now whatever it was that he wanted to know, Hugh might be desperate enough to try to trick her. Giles’s effect upon her senses was far more unsettling than Hugh’s magic and therefore even more threatening to her—and to Brice’s wellbeing.
Mirielle was more certain than ever that there was some secret purpose to the continued presence at Wroxley of those two men.MoreLess
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