Luck of the Draw (Xanth)
“By evening they were back at the Good Magician’s Castle. They paused just across the drawbridge, at the front gate.
“My job is done,” Mindy said. “I’ll store the trikes. You go on inside; they’ll be expecting you.”
“You’ve been great, Mindy!”
“I cost you your Object.”
“As I said, I’m not sure of that. It may have been fated, and you were merely the girl at hand to implement it. But I wouldn’t trade it for your life, regardless.”
“You’re so sweet. I think I’ll always love you.”
That brought back... the guilt. He had not sought her love, or wanted it, but felt responsible for it. What could he do?
She understood his hesitation. “Well, you could kiss me, one last time.”
That much was feasible. He took her in his arms and kissed her. She kissed him back, eagerly. She was amazingly easy to hold. But she couldn’t change the fact that she was only twenty years old, decades too young for him.
He let her go. “Fare well, Mindy.”
“We’ll meet again.MoreLess
“My job is done,” Mindy said. “I’ll store the trikes. You go on inside; they’ll be expecting you.”
“You’ve been great, Mindy!”
“I cost you your Object.”
“As I said, I’m not sure of that. It may have been fated, and you were merely the girl at hand to implement it. But I wouldn’t trade it for your life, regardless.”
“You’re so sweet. I think I’ll always love you.”
That brought back... the guilt. He had not sought her love, or wanted it, but felt responsible for it. What could he do?
She understood his hesitation. “Well, you could kiss me, one last time.”
That much was feasible. He took her in his arms and kissed her. She kissed him back, eagerly. She was amazingly easy to hold. But she couldn’t change the fact that she was only twenty years old, decades too young for him.
He let her go. “Fare well, Mindy.”
“We’ll meet again.MoreLess
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