The Hero's Lot
“The challenge lay in ignoring his memory of Cruk’s attempt to teach him the sword months before. Afterward he’d woken so sore that movement of any kind qualified as torture. Adora’s beating exceeded his. The welts on her shoulders had faded somewhat overnight, but her skin was so mottled by bruises that her arms resembled molting snakes.
Even so, as Adora rode she hoisted a pair of bags filled with rocks, alternating lifts with each hand and then lifting them both in unison. The extremity o...f her exertions left channels on her face where tears washed away the dust from the road. Errol adjusted his view of the princess. Before, he had looked upon her as a work of priceless porcelain, of surpassing value, but fragile. The radiance of her eyes and the golden splendor of her hair had awakened protective instincts in him that had surprised him.
Now it seemed those instincts were hardly required. The glory of the princess’s beauty—from her smooth, flawless skin to the lithe grace of her movements—still stunned him, but there was more tempered steel to Adora than fired clay.MoreLess
Even so, as Adora rode she hoisted a pair of bags filled with rocks, alternating lifts with each hand and then lifting them both in unison. The extremity o...f her exertions left channels on her face where tears washed away the dust from the road. Errol adjusted his view of the princess. Before, he had looked upon her as a work of priceless porcelain, of surpassing value, but fragile. The radiance of her eyes and the golden splendor of her hair had awakened protective instincts in him that had surprised him.
Now it seemed those instincts were hardly required. The glory of the princess’s beauty—from her smooth, flawless skin to the lithe grace of her movements—still stunned him, but there was more tempered steel to Adora than fired clay.MoreLess
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